Box and Cover
ca. 1755 (made)
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Box and cover, of porcelain painted with enamels, in the form of an apple.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Box and cover, of porcelain painted with enamels, in the form of an apple, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, London, ca, 1755. |
| Physical description | Box and cover, of porcelain painted with enamels, in the form of an apple. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Van Gorkum, Utrecht, for 2 shillings 6 pence in November 1872. In her Journals (vol. I, p. 170), she recorded: 'Gorkum, our old friend from 1869, was unluckily from home, but C.S. spied out among his miscellaneous stock a very fine apple of Chelsea china in the form of a box and cover, which Mme. Gorkum sold to us for 2/6.' |
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| Other number | Sch. I 152&A - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:259/&A-1885 |
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| Record created | December 16, 2008 |
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