Sugar Box and Cover
ca. 1725 (made)
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Sugar box and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Oval, with domed cover. The cover with a border of interlacing bandwork in gold enclosing a chinoiserie figure subject; the box painted with two similar scenes within shaped oval cartouches bordered with foliate bandwork in gold, iron red and purple; the box also with sprays of "India flowers".
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Sugar box and cover, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, probably painted by Johann Ehrenfried Stadler, Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1725 |
| Physical description | Sugar box and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Oval, with domed cover. The cover with a border of interlacing bandwork in gold enclosing a chinoiserie figure subject; the box painted with two similar scenes within shaped oval cartouches bordered with foliate bandwork in gold, iron red and purple; the box also with sprays of "India flowers". |
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| Marks and inscriptions | '22.' or (ZZ.) (Gilder's mark in gold on both) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Maud Lilian Ochs |
| Object history | C.91 to 93-1992 are decorated en-suite. |
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| Accession number | C.93:1, 2-1992 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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