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, DublinVendor: James Lewis & Son, Inc., New York
ca. 1750
1800-1815
1755-1770
ca. 1755-1770