Name/Title
Enameled Trinket BoxDescription
Enamelled metal in modified oval shape with conforming perpendicular sides, decorated with outdoor scene on lid and floral pattern around sides. The lid is slightly domed, a yellow border surrounds scene of man seated on raised cushion wiht woman behind, both in Chinese dress. A tree overhangs on one side, a small mound with stunded tree is at other. A large, colorful, striped urn (?) stands behind man. Sides of lid has yellow border oneither side of turquoise band with black geometric pattern. The sides of box are decorated wiht pink, rose, and violet flowers on a green field (matching background on lid) with darker green tendrils and small red flecks all over. Both the inside of lida nd box are enamelled white with blue flecks. Some brass colored metal is exposed at top nad bottom edges. Top edge of box, that fits within lid, is copper. Underside of box is enamelled white, like interior, with red square enclosing several Chinese characters.Dimensions
Height
5.2 cmWidth
8 cmLength
10.5 cm