Sugar Box and Cover
ca. 1730-1740 (made)
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Sugar box and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Oval shape, straight sides, scrolled loop handles. Domed cover with pine-cone knob. Painted in underglaze blue, enamel colours and gold in late famille verte style with oriental flowers and butterflies. On the cover edge a band of red scrolling foliage.
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Sugar box and cover, hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1730-40 |
| Physical description | Sugar box and cover of hard-paste porcelain. Oval shape, straight sides, scrolled loop handles. Domed cover with pine-cone knob. Painted in underglaze blue, enamel colours and gold in late famille verte style with oriental flowers and butterflies. On the cover edge a band of red scrolling foliage. |
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| 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 | C.154&A-1928 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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