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Box (Snuff box)
Chantilly porcelain factory
1750-1760
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Chantilly porcelain factory (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Chantilly; France; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Brass
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1969.0753
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1969.0753
Object Name
Box (Snuff box)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Chantilly porcelain factory (Probable maker)
Place of Origin
Chantilly; France; Europe
Date
1750-1760
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Interior of box's lid
Inscription: Red enamel hunting horn
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Brass
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
1.886 (H) x 2.441 (W) x 3.344 (L)
Dimensions (centimeters)
4.79 (H) x 6.2 (W) x 8.495 (L)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Dawson, Aileen. 1996 Eighteenth-century French porcelain in the Ashmolean Museum.
• Chantilly snuff box 1750-60 with red hunting horn mark: p. 40, no. 29, differs from 69.753 in painted details and silver-gilt mount. Exterior of lid painted in wheatsheaves, ratBook: Castelluccio, Stephanie. 2013 Collecting Chinese and Japanese Porcelain in Pre-Revolutionary Paris.
• Discussion of Japanese kakiemon-style enameled decoration: pp. 76-85