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| Manufacturer |
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| Designer |
Frederic James Shields |
| Description |
An Arts & & Crafts copper box, with applied wirework and cast
decoration, inset with five enamel plaques of British country wildlife
and with two enamel plaques of fruiting trees.
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| Country of
Manufacture |
England |
| Date |
c.1900 |
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| Condition |
Perfect |
| Size |
24.5cms
long, 9.5cms wide, 8.5cms high |
| Other Information |
Shields
was an English painter, illustrator and decorator who first saw Pre-Raphaelite
paintings at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition in 1857 and was
much impressed. Subsequently, he became a devoted friend of Madox
Brown and Rossetti. His reputation was based upon his literary illustrations
and religious murals. His watercolors and paintings were usually religious
and in the style of the late work of Rossetti.
Other Reference: Emestine
Mills. The Life and Letters of Frederic Shields.
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