Box
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
1760
Materials
enamel, gold
Measurements
17 mm (H)75 mm (W)85 mm (D)115 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Germany
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1247152
Summary
Box shaped like a folded letter, Germany, c.1760. Enamel with gold mount, painted with writing, the inside painted with trumpeters on horseback by a palace in a landscape, Germany. Inscription: ‘Á Monsineur Monsieur Tamdidldum illustre fifre auligue et meitre de trompe montres honorable mignon Son Logis â une brebis gelense gate lout le troupau á Prague’ (‘To Monsieur, Monsieur Tamdidldum, illustrious flautist and horn player, honourable and lovely, your place has a black sheep which harasses all the flock in Prague’)
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey miniatures and small objects in the strong room, page 117.
Marks and inscriptions
A Monsigneur / Monsieur Tamdidldum / illustre fifre auligue et meitre / de trompe montres honorable / mignon Son Logis a une / brebis gelense gate / lout le troupau /a / Prague (inscribed on top)
