Enamel Sample
ca. 1900 (made)
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Squat white glass jar, square in section; 'POND’S' moulded on two sides and grey metal screw cover stamped with 'EPCo' in monogram. Contains powdered dark purple enamel.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Industrially made white glass jar with metal screw top, containing dark purple enamel |
| Brief description | Squat square white glass jar formerly used for Pond's skincare cream, now containing dark purple enamel manufactured by Louis Millenet Petit Fils of Geneva, Switzerland, about 1900 |
| Physical description | Squat white glass jar, square in section; 'POND’S' moulded on two sides and grey metal screw cover stamped with 'EPCo' in monogram. Contains powdered dark purple enamel. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'EPCo' (Stamped in monogram on cover) |
| Object history | Provenance: enamel samples C.69 to C.92-2002 are from the effects of Ezra Dearing (born William Jones), who had studied at the RCA and was a potter and modeller and studied gold and silversmithing. He bought the enamels second-hand out of interest but the vendor's daughter did not think he used them himself. |
| Production | Jar made later |
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| Accession number | C.89-2002 |
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| Record created | April 5, 2005 |
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