Snuff-Box and Cover
ca. 1740 (made)
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Snuff-box and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels in imitation of Japanese kakiemon ware, and with a hinged silver mount.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and with silver mount |
| Brief description | Snuff-box and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Saint-Cloud porcelain factory, Saint-Cloud, ca. 1740. |
| Physical description | Snuff-box and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels in imitation of Japanese kakiemon ware, and with a hinged silver mount. |
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| Gallery label | Gallery 128 Decant 2003
The silver mounts bear Paris discharge mark for 1738-44.(07/06/2004) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey |
| Object history | The silver mounts bear Paris discharge mark for 1738-44 (see Aileen Dawson, French Porcelain: A Catalogue of the British Museum Collection, 1994, cat. 16, p. 18). |
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| Accession number | C.1311&A-1919 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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