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

Sugar Box and Cover

ca. 1710-1713 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sugar box and cover of Böttger stoneware, octagonal in shape, of bombé form after a silver shape, and superbly polished on the exterior.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Sugar Box
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Böttger stoneware, polished
Brief description
Sugar box and cover of Böttger stoneware, octagonal in shape, of bombé form, Meissen porcelain factory, Meissen, ca. 1710-1713.
Physical description
Sugar box and cover of Böttger stoneware, octagonal in shape, of bombé form after a silver shape, and superbly polished on the exterior.
Dimensions
  • Width: 11cm
Credit line
From the Arthur and Hilde Weiner Collection. Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the V&A, 2006
Object history
Formerly in the Arthur and Hilde Weiner Collection.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.27:1, 2-2006

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Record createdApril 21, 2009
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