Patch Box
ca. 1750 (made)
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Patch box of hard-paste porcelain. In the form of a grape-picker's hod. The top is modelled and painted with fruit, flowers and leaves. Inside is a mirror. Gold mount with leaf-shaped purchase. Painted in enamel colours and gilt with sprigs of Manierblumen and bands of gilding.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, with gold mounts |
| Brief description | Patch box, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, with gold mounts, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1750 |
| Physical description | Patch box of hard-paste porcelain. In the form of a grape-picker's hod. The top is modelled and painted with fruit, flowers and leaves. Inside is a mirror. Gold mount with leaf-shaped purchase. Painted in enamel colours and gilt with sprigs of Manierblumen and bands of gilding. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by John Jones |
| Historical context | Originally modelled by Kändler as a snuff box in May 1737, when he recorded in his work book that he had finished a snuff box in the shape of a wine-maker's basket of grapes (see Barbara Beaucamp-Markowsky, Boites en Porcelaine des manufactures europeennes au 18e siecle, 1985, cat. 188, reproducing a box very similar to 939-1882). This box is fitted with a mirror inside the lid, and must have been intended for cosmetic patches. |
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| Accession number | 939-1882 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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