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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Etui

ca. 1749-1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Charles Gouyn's Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
London (made)

Etui and scent bottle with a butterfly stopper of porcelain, painted with enamels, and mounted in gold at the centre and at the stopper.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Etui
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Etui and Scent Bottle
  • Stopper
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and with gold mounts
Porcelain
Gold
Mounted
Painted
Brief description
Etui and scent bottle with a butterfly stopper of porcelain, made by Charles Gouyn's factory, London, ca. 1749-1760
Physical description
Etui and scent bottle with a butterfly stopper of porcelain, painted with enamels, and mounted in gold at the centre and at the stopper.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.1cm
  • Width: 2.9cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Willson, London, for £5 in September 1882.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Subjects depicted
Boy
Grapes
Butterfly
Bibliographic references
  • Adams, Elizabeth. Chelsea Porcelain, The British Museum Press, 2001, 2nd. edition. For another similar in the Victoria and Albert Museum, see fig. 5.6, 48p. Caption reads: ' Combined étui, scent-bottle and seal, St James's Factory, Height 11.5cm, c. 1750-59.'
  • Manners, Errol. A Documentary ‘Girl-in-a-Swing’ Seal and other considerations on the porcelain of Charles Gouyn’s factory. English Ceramics Circle Transactions, Volume 18, part 3, 2004, pp 398-407. The Marquis of Granby seal was probably made after the marquis's victory at the Battle of Warburg, 31st July 1760, thus extending the factory's period of production to that year or the following one.
Other number
Sch. I 226&A - Schreiber number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
414:262/&A-1885

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Record createdDecember 22, 2008
Record URL
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