Snuff Box
1738-1739 (made)
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Snuff box, porcelain modelled as a huntsman resting on a mound. The cover painted with chinoiseries in enamels and with silver mount.
Mounts: The silver mounts have Paris marks for 1738-9, the mark of the sous-fermier Hubert Louvet (1732-8) and the maker's mark 'N [?] R' with a crown, fleur-de-lys, two dots and a rose.
Mounts: The silver mounts have Paris marks for 1738-9, the mark of the sous-fermier Hubert Louvet (1732-8) and the maker's mark 'N [?] R' with a crown, fleur-de-lys, two dots and a rose.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and with silver mount |
| Brief description | Snuff box, porcelain, modelled as a huntsman and painted with chinoiseries, with Saint-Cloud porcelain factory, France, 1738-1739 |
| Physical description | Snuff box, porcelain modelled as a huntsman resting on a mound. The cover painted with chinoiseries in enamels and with silver mount. Mounts: The silver mounts have Paris marks for 1738-9, the mark of the sous-fermier Hubert Louvet (1732-8) and the maker's mark 'N [?] R' with a crown, fleur-de-lys, two dots and a rose. |
| Credit line | Given by Col. Waldo-Sibthorp |
| Production | the mounts datable to 1738-9; Acquired as Chantilly; considered Saint-Cloud by Bertrand Rondot and Jean-Gabriel Peyre 1999. |
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| Accession number | 347&A-1902 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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