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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Snuff-Box and Cover

1756-1762 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Snuff-box and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and with a hinged silver mount. Formed as a horse seated on a mound.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Snuff Box
  • Cover
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and with silver mount and moulded
Brief description
Snuff-box and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Mennecy porcelain factory, Mennecy, 1756-1762.
Physical description
Snuff-box and cover of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and with a hinged silver mount. Formed as a horse seated on a mound.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.4cm
  • Length: 2.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
(Silver mounts have Paris discharge marks for 1756-62)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Production
Mount with marks for 1756-1762; Acquired as Mennecy; examined by Jean-Gabriel Peyre 1999, who considered the attribution to Mennecy correct.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1320&A-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
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