Decorative box
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
circa 1900
Materials
enamel and silver
Measurements
32 x 50 x 39 mm
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Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1220179
Summary
Bowed Samson enamel box, seascape on lid. Primrose coloured barrel. Metal hinged and mounted lid. Paris, c. 1900
Provenance
Gifted to the National Trust from Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009) 1976 then erroneously inventoried as on loan to the National Trust from Lady Mairi Bury (1921-2009) 1976, then subsequently purchased by the National Trust from the Estate of Lady Mairi Bury 2012.
Credit line
Mount Stewart, The Londonderry Collection
Marks and inscriptions
with love to darling Circe at Xmas (on paper note, inside box)