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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Box

ca . 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Box of white porcelain and heart-shaped.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain
Brief description
Box of white porcelain and heart-shaped, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, London, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Box of white porcelain and heart-shaped.
Dimensions
  • With cover height: 2.9cm
  • Diameter: 5.4cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of a set of a toilet box and cover and five smaller boxes and covers 414:260/ to K-1885 (Sch. I 202 to K)
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Willson, London, for £6 in January 1869
Other number
Sch. I 202D - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:260/D-1885

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Record createdDecember 19, 2008
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