Toilet box

Description

Circular silver toilet box decorated with Procris giving her husband Cephalus a dog and a javelin derived from illustrations to Ovid’s Metamorphoses by the Italian artist-engraver Antonio Tempesta, 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.1946.827

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Toilet box

Production information

Unknown
England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1680

Materials

Silver

Physical description

Silver; running design with cupids among acanthus sprays in repoussé around the side

Associations

Depicted: Procris
Depicted: Cephalus
Author: Ovid
Engraver: Tempesta, Antonio, 1555 - 1630

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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