Mirror Case with Flowers, Hazelnuts, Bird, and Butterfly
1795–1855
- Medium
- Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over brass layer on pasteboard
- Dimensions
- frame: 24 × 15.5 × 1.7 cm (9 7/16 × 6 1/8 × 11/16 in.) lid: 21.5 × 13.1 × 0.5 cm (8 7/16 × 5 3/16 × 3/16 in.)
- Genre
- Mirror
About
Rectangular mirror case with fitted lid. The exterior faces bear a decorative scheme of mixed flowers with birds and butterflies. It is a very close match to front of the the mirror case 2014.385. On the inner face of the lid, a lobed medallion and pendants contain mixed flowers, set against a red field that is embellished with gold arabesque.