Snuff Box
ca. 1735 (made)
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| Place of origin |
The factory at Saint-Cloud (outside Paris) began making porcelain in the 1690s. It was granted a succession of royal privileges and flourished under the patronage of the king's brother, the duc d'Orleans. Early productions were frequently copied from silverware and are characterised by a creamy white body, often with delicate blue painting. The factory also developed a range of enamel colours and produced some particularly accomplished figures.
Snuff is a scented tobacco-based powder which was offered from small boxes (often exquisitely made) and inhaled through the nose by both men and women.
Snuff is a scented tobacco-based powder which was offered from small boxes (often exquisitely made) and inhaled through the nose by both men and women.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, with gold foil decoration enhanced with translucent enamel, and with silver mount |
| Brief description | Snuff box, porcelain, painted in enamels and with gold foil decoration enhanced with translucent green enamel, and with silver mount, Saint-Cloud porcelain factory, France, about 1735 |
| Physical description | Snuff box, porcelain, painted in enamels and with gold foil decoration enhanced with translucent green enamel, and with silver mount. With flower decoration and figures. |
| Gallery label | Gallery 128 Decant 2003
The gold foil decoration and translucent green enamels were added outside the factory, probably in a Paris workshop.(07/06/2004) |
| Credit line | Given by Col. Waldo-Sibthorp |
| Production | Acquired as Chantilly; considered Saint-Cloud by Bertrand Rondot and Jean-Gabriel Peyre 1999. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | The factory at Saint-Cloud (outside Paris) began making porcelain in the 1690s. It was granted a succession of royal privileges and flourished under the patronage of the king's brother, the duc d'Orleans. Early productions were frequently copied from silverware and are characterised by a creamy white body, often with delicate blue painting. The factory also developed a range of enamel colours and produced some particularly accomplished figures. Snuff is a scented tobacco-based powder which was offered from small boxes (often exquisitely made) and inhaled through the nose by both men and women. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 353&A-1902 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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