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

Snuff Box

mid 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Snuff box of hard-paste porcelain. Rectangular. Engraved silver-gilt mounts. Relief-moulded with rococo scrolls. Painted with pastoral and gallant figures in landscapes. Pictorial subjects framed by coloured rococo scrolls and purple scale ornament.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, with silver-gilt mounts
Brief description
Snuff box, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, with silver-gilt mounts, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, mid 18th century
Physical description
Snuff box of hard-paste porcelain. Rectangular. Engraved silver-gilt mounts. Relief-moulded with rococo scrolls. Painted with pastoral and gallant figures in landscapes. Pictorial subjects framed by coloured rococo scrolls and purple scale ornament.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.1cm
  • Length: 8cm
  • Width: 6.3cm
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.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
2351-1855

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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