Snuff Box
ca. 1765-1775 (made)
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Snuff box of hard-paste porcelain. Rectangular, with domed cover. Engraved gold mounts. Painted on the outside with groups of putti in Boucher style emblematic of Commerce, Agriculture, Painting, Architecture, Music and Sculpture; inside the cover with a harbour scene with figures, possibly from an engraving by Melchior Kysell after J. W. Baur.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, with engraved gold mounts |
| Brief description | Snuff box, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, with gold mounts, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1765-75 |
| Physical description | Snuff box of hard-paste porcelain. Rectangular, with domed cover. Engraved gold mounts. Painted on the outside with groups of putti in Boucher style emblematic of Commerce, Agriculture, Painting, Architecture, Music and Sculpture; inside the cover with a harbour scene with figures, possibly from an engraving by Melchior Kysell after J. W. Baur. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by W. W. Aston |
| Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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| Accession number | M.114-1917 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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