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

Etui or Bodkin Case and Cover

ca. 1755-1756 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etui and cover of porcelain with gold mounts, representing Daphne turning into a laurel, and she is holding up her arms and looking backwards over her right shoulder, and her lower limbs have changed into the trunks of the tree, and leaves are sprouting from her head.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Etui
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Porcelain with gold mounts
Brief description
Etui or bodkin case and cover of porcelain with gold mounts, representing Daphne turning into a laurel, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, London, ca. 1755-1756
Physical description
Etui and cover of porcelain with gold mounts, representing Daphne turning into a laurel, and she is holding up her arms and looking backwards over her right shoulder, and her lower limbs have changed into the trunks of the tree, and leaves are sprouting from her head.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.3cm
  • Diameter: 2.2cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Willson, London, for £6 in February 1876
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 227&A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:263/&A-1885

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Record createdDecember 22, 2008
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