Box

ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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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Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 5.4cm
  • Length: 8.3cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by J. A. Tulk
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.696-1956

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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