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Snuff Box

ca. 1740-1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Meissen Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Meissen (made)

Snuff box of hard-paste porcelain. Cartouche-shaped. Low domed cover with gilt copper mounts. Painted with views of the Elbe at Meissen with the Albrechtsburg, and at Dresden. Inside cover a woman and boy in a (en grisaille) park setting. Bouquets of flowers (Holzschnittblumen); small panels of gold and brown ornament. Gilt interior.

Object details

Categories
Porcelain
Ceramics
Smoking Accessories
Object type
Snuff box
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, with gilt copper mounts
Hard Paste Porcelain
Gilt Copper
Painted
Gilt
Mounted
Brief description
Snuff box, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, with gilt copper mounts, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1740-45
Physical description
Snuff box of hard-paste porcelain. Cartouche-shaped. Low domed cover with gilt copper mounts. Painted with views of the Elbe at Meissen with the Albrechtsburg, and at Dresden. Inside cover a woman and boy in a (en grisaille) park setting. Bouquets of flowers (Holzschnittblumen); small panels of gold and brown ornament. Gilt interior.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.4cm
  • Length: 8.8cm
  • Width: 6.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
A dot

Note
In underglaze blue
Credit line
Bequeathed by William Wallis Aston
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Women
Boys
Flowers
Place depicted
Meissen
Bibliographic references
  • Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1946, Pl. XXX (d), p. 96.
  • Le Corbeiller, Clare. European and American snuff boxes, 1730-1830 London: Batsford, 1966, Figs. 493, 494.
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.1146-1917

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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