Snuff Box
ca. 1775 (made)
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Snuff box of porcelain, with silver-gilt mounts. Rectangular shape, domed cover. Painted with birds in landscape in oval reserves on apple-green ground, each side outlined with simulated 'pearls'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in enamels, with silver-gilt mounts |
| Brief description | Snuff box, porcelain painted in enamels, with silver-gilt mounts, made by Frankenthal Porcelain Factory, Germany, ca. 1775 |
| Physical description | Snuff box of porcelain, with silver-gilt mounts. Rectangular shape, domed cover. Painted with birds in landscape in oval reserves on apple-green ground, each side outlined with simulated 'pearls'. |
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| Object history | From Bernal Collection. |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Accession number | 2349-1855 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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