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Dressing table box & cover

Dateca. 1750

Artist/Maker James Gwim

OriginEngland, Birmingham (probably)

MediumEnamel on japanned tinned sheet iron; tortoiseshell; gilding

DimensionsA) H: 1 1/2"; L: 5 1/4"; W: 4 1/8"; B) H: 13/16"; L: 5 1/8"; W: 4 1/4".

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1955-69,3A&B

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 depictinga harbor scene of maen at work on beached ship with castle in the background, with 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 Dublin.
Vendor: James Lewis & Son, Inc., New York