Paint Box
1785-1790
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Oval paintbox in blue jasperware, with white classical reliefs of cupids around the outside of the box. Lid of paintbox, blue jasperware with white reliefs, decorated with a leaf border around the outside and a central flower motif around a lotus-shaped finial. Contains jasperware paint palette, and flat holder with 12 holes to hold a set of 12 paint cups.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 16 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | jasperware |
| Brief description | Oval paintbox in blue jasperware, with white classical reliefs of cupids around the outside of the box. Wedgwood, Etruria, 1785-1790 |
| Physical description | Oval paintbox in blue jasperware, with white classical reliefs of cupids around the outside of the box. Lid of paintbox, blue jasperware with white reliefs, decorated with a leaf border around the outside and a central flower motif around a lotus-shaped finial. Contains jasperware paint palette, and flat holder with 12 holes to hold a set of 12 paint cups. |
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| Credit line | V&A Wedgwood Collection. Presented by Art Fund with major support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, private donations and a public appeal. |
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| Accession number | WE.8303-2014 |
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| Record created | July 15, 2022 |
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