Toilet box lid

Description

Lid for a circular silver toilet box decorated with the hunters Meleager and Atalanta with the head of the Calydonian boar, with reeded lip and foot and a running design with cupids among acanthus sprays in repoussé around the side: English, London, c. 1680

Museum reference

A.1946.828 A

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Toilet box lid

Production information

Unknown
London, England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1680

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Silver; depicting Meleager presenting the head of the slain Caledonian boar to Atalanta

Associations

Depicted: Meleager
Depicted: Atalanta
Tempesta, Antonio, 1555 - 1630
Ovid

Exhibitions

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

• European Styles (29 Jul 2011 - 03 Aug 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

On display

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