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Bonbonniere gallery trail label: Bonbonniere is a pretty and appropriate name - Shrigley, Miss Ruth - Manchester Art Gallery

Bonbonniere - is a pretty and appropriate name

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'Bonbonniere' is a pretty and appropriate name for this object because it comes from the French 'bonbon', sweet. It literally means 'good, good' yet this box is associated with something intrinsically bad.

This is a label written by a visitor to Manchester Art Gallery in response to the Revealing Histories: Remembering Slavery Gallery Trail of objects on display that are linked to the transatlantic slave trade.

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Bonbonniere - I'll bet the original owner never dwelt upon

Bonbonniere gallery trail label: I'll bet the original owner never dwelt upon

Wilcox, Jane - Manchester Art Gallery

Thoughts about the original owner of the bonbonniere

Bonbonniere - I'm struck by the tranquility

Bonbonniere gallery trail label: I'm struck by the tranquility

Thougths about the imagery on the bonbonniere

Bonbonniere family trail label: Holiday buying a car

Drawing of a plane, car and caravan in response to the question: What do people show off with today?

Bonbonniere family trail label: New car

Drawing of a new car in response to the question: What do people show off with today?

Bonbonniere family trail label: We show off with are clothes

A written response to the question: What do people show off with today?

Bonbonniere gallery trail label: The sour taste of a sweet tooth

Davies, Gwyn - Manchester Art Gallery

Comment on the character of the sugar consumer

Bonbonniere gallery trail label: It remind me of a posh easter egg

Comparing the bonbonniere to an easter egg

Bonbonniere - Small minds Nothing changes over the years

Bonbonniere gallery trail label: Small minds Nothing changes over the years

Camliffe, Brian

Comments on human behaviour

Bonbonniere gallery trail label: Moral conscience

Thoughts about wealth and ethical behaviour

Bonbonniere - reminds me a Greek name

Bonbonniere gallery trail label: Bonbonniere reminds me a Greek name

Thoughts about the meaning of the word 'bonbonniere'

Bonbonniere - is a pretty and appropriate name

Bonbonniere gallery trail label: Bonbonniere is a pretty and appropriate name

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Shrigley, Miss Ruth - Manchester Art Gallery

Comments on the meaning of the word 'bonbonniere'

Bonbonniere family trail label: New phone or clothes

Drawing of a person with a new phone in response to the question: What do people show off with today?

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