Dressing table box

Dateca.1750

Artist/Maker James Gwim

MediumEnamel on japanned tinned sheet iron; tortoiseshell; gilding

DimensionsH: 3 1/2"; L: 10 1/4"; W: 7 1/4".

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1955-69,1

DescriptionDressing table box. Shallow, rectangular, sheet-iron box of cyma profile japanned in red and brown tortoiseshell ground wit gilt bands of interlocking circles, trellis and scrolls; the hinged lid set with rectangular enamel plaque depicting an Italian harbor scene of refitting warship on a beach between classical ruin at right and walled city at left in yellow rose brown and blue on white ground within a giltborder and gilt metal mount, interior of black flecked with gold, the underside of lid set with steel looking glass. Brass lock.
ProvenanceEx collection: Senatore Maguire of Dublre, Dublin
Vendor: James Lewis & Son, Inc., New York

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