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Maker(s):unknown
Culture:English
Title:Snuff box
Date Made:circa 1775
Type:Personal Equipment; Household Accessory; Container
Materials:base metal: brass; enamel
Place Made:England: Battersea or Birmingham
Measurements:Overall: 1 1/2 x 3 x 2 in; 3.8 x 7.6 x 5.1 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2021.23.7
Credit Line:Gift of the Estate of Joseph Peter Spang III
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Elongated oval snuff box with straight sides, fitted with hinged brass mounts and a snap closure, white enamel with black transfer printed decoration, the cover is transfer printed with a scene of a fashionably dressed man holding a staff and elegant woman walking in a garden, an urn on plinth in the background, the sides are decorated with putti emblematic of The Arts within scrollwork. These images could have been inspired by Jacques Pillement's The Ladies Amusement, a popular design source in 18th century England. Condition: There is abrasion and small cracks on the cover and one chip that is slightly filled with plaster?.

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