Box cover / miniature

Description

Circular bonbonierre box cover of tortoise-shell mounted in gold and ornamented in nail pique or cloute d'or decoration in two colour gold, and with a miniature signed 'S. Roch/1794', probably Sampson Towgood Roch(e): French, Paris, 1784 - 1785, miniature 1794

Museum reference

A.1943.158 A

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Box cover / miniature

Production information

Roche, Sampson Towgood, 1759 - 1847
England, Northern Europe
Unknown
Paris, France, Western Europe

Date

Late 18th century

Materials

Tortoiseshell, Gold

Physical description

Tortoise-shell mounted in gold; set with an oval miniature; ornamented in gold pique point

Associations

Painter: Roche, Sampson Towgood, 1759 - 1847

Exhibitions

• Art of Living (08 Jul 2016)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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