Box
ca. 1755 (made)
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Box and cover, in the form of an egg with gilt metal hinged mounts. Hard-paste porcelain with decoration painted in enamel colours with scenes of lovers in landscape settings and with coupled birds on the inside of the lower half, floral sprays in mauve.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, with gilt metal mount |
| Brief description | Box and cover, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels, with gilt metal mount, Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1755 |
| Physical description | Box and cover, in the form of an egg with gilt metal hinged mounts. Hard-paste porcelain with decoration painted in enamel colours with scenes of lovers in landscape settings and with coupled birds on the inside of the lower half, floral sprays in mauve. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by J. A. Tulk |
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| Accession number | CIRC.696-1956 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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