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

Snuff Box

ca. 1765-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Snuff box of hard-paste porcelain. Rectangular, with domed cover. Engraved gold mounts. Painted on the outside with groups of putti in Boucher style emblematic of Commerce, Agriculture, Painting, Architecture, Music and Sculpture; inside the cover with a harbour scene with figures, possibly from an engraving by Melchior Kysell after J. W. Baur.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, with engraved gold mounts
Brief description
Snuff box, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, with gold mounts, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1765-75
Physical description
Snuff box of hard-paste porcelain. Rectangular, with domed cover. Engraved gold mounts. Painted on the outside with groups of putti in Boucher style emblematic of Commerce, Agriculture, Painting, Architecture, Music and Sculpture; inside the cover with a harbour scene with figures, possibly from an engraving by Melchior Kysell after J. W. Baur.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.1cm
  • Length: 8.9cm
  • Width: 6.7cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by W. W. Aston
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
M.114-1917

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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