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Toilet Bottle and Stopper

ca. 1773 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Toilet bottle and stopper of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Toilet Bottle
  • Stopper
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Toilet bottle and stopper of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Derby Porcelain factory, Derby, probably decorated at Chelsea, ca. 1773.
Physical description
Toilet bottle and stopper of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.4cm
  • Width: 11.4cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Martin, Dublin, for £1 in August 1882
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Barrett, Franklin A. & Arthur L. Thorpe. Derby Porcelain, 1750-1848. London : Faber & Faber, 1971.
Other number
Sch. I 371&A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:258/&A-1885

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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