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"Vicar and Moses" 19th-century Enamel Box browse these categories for related items... Directory: Antiques: Decorative Art: Enamel: Pre 1900: item # 983142 Please refer to our stock # 5218-2 when inquiring.
STUDIO ANTIQUES & FINE ART, INC. 524 North Washington Street Alexandria, Virginia 22314 703-548-5188 $525. |
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Most likely French, 19th century. The lug on the back of the hinge is typical of those found on nineteenth century Samson boxes. This detail was completely unknown on eighteenth-century English boxes. In addition, the milled and ribbed finish found on the hinge is indicative of a machine made hinge. Finally, the motif of the “Vicar and Mose” (sic) was inspired by an extremely popular song written by the traveling actor George Alexander Stevens circa 1790. So popular was this song of a drunken vicar and his clerk, Moses, that it became the inspiration for many ceramic figural decorations in the late eighteenth century. No doubt, any English enameler in the eighteenth century would have known how to correctly pronounce and spell the name Moses. A French enameler would have been much more likely to misspell the name as it appears on this box. Source: Susan Benjamin. English Enamel Boxes (1976). |
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