Lid: MAR.C.46-1912

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Maker(s)

Factory: Capodimonte Porcelain Factory

Entities

Lid
snuffbox lid

Categories

Soft-paste porcelain

Description

Soft-paste porcelain lid of a snuffbox. Moulded in low relief with shells on the top, decorated with enamel colours of pale pink, flesh pink, green, grey, black, red, purple, and a minute quality of blue. Of rounded oval outline with one straight side, very slightly convex. The top is painted naturalistically with shells and coral. On the underside is a half length portrait of a lady facing front, head turned slightly to her right. She wears flowers in her hair, an earring, a low-necked bodice with lace frill, a black cloak with a pale purple lining and has a red drape on her left arm which is concealed by it

Legal notes

Charles Brinsley Marlay

Measurements and weight

Height: 1 cm
Length: 6.5 cm
Width: 5.5 cm

Place(s) associated

Naples ⪼ Italy

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

18th Century
1745 - 1750

Materials used in production

Enamel
Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Moulding
Enamelling
Bas-relief

References and bibliographic entries

European and American snuff boxes, 1730-1830 page(s): 70
L'arte della ceramica Capodimonte
Le porcellane dei Borbone di Napoli, Capodimonte e Real Fabbrica Ferdinandea, 1743-1806 page(s): 236-237

Identification numbers

Accession number: MAR.C.46-1912
Primary reference Number: 206981
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Audit data

Created: Thursday 19 November 2015 Updated: Wednesday 19 October 2016

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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