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Box (Snuff box)
Fromery Company
1760-1770
Category
Metals
Creator/Artist/Maker
Fromery Company (Maker)
Place of Origin
Berlin; Berlin; Germany; Europe
Materials
- Enamel on copper
- Gold
- Gold foil
Museum Object Number
1990.0064
Credit Line/Donor
Gift of Zoe Lehmann Nonemaker in memory of James A. Nonemaker
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Object Number
1990.0064
Object Name
Box (Snuff box)
Category
Metals
Creator (Role)
Fromery Company (Maker)
Place of Origin
Berlin; Berlin; Germany; Europe
Date
1760-1770
Materials
- Enamel on copper
- Gold
- Gold foil
Techniques
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
1.772 (H) x 0.984 (W) x 2.677 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
4.5 (H) x 2.5 (W) x 6.8 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Benjamin, Susan. 1978 English Enamel Boxes: From the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries.
• For similar Fromery boxes see p. 96.Article: Dawson, Aileen. 05//1990 "Gold Foil Decoration on Enamel, Glass and Porcelain: A New Look". The Burlington Magazine. 132 (1046): 336-342.
Book: Morris, Mary S. 1973 A Catalogue of English Painted Enamels 18th and 19th Century in the Wolverhampton and Bilston Collections.
• Similar box on p. 11 (EM 68).