Box
about 1780 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Gold box mounted with hardstones and simulated pearls and with a portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette (1755-93)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Gold, hardstones and simulated pearls, mounted with miniature in watercolour on ivory |
| Brief description | Gold, hardstones and simulated pearls, mounted with miniature in watercolour on ivory |
| Physical description | Gold box mounted with hardstones and simulated pearls and with a portrait of Queen Marie-Antoinette (1755-93) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Jones |
| Object history | It has been commented that Saxon portraits on Neuber boxes have often been changed in the nineteenth century to replace lesser known and less glamorous figures with more prominent and more beautiful people of greater international renown. In these circumstances it seems probable that the portrait of Marie Antoinette is a later addition to this box. |
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| Accession number | 903-1882 |
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| Record created | May 13, 2008 |
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