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Factory: Swansea (Uncertain)
Soft-paste porcelain box and cover, glazed and painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt. On the lid is painted a gril ina mountainous landscape.
Soft-paste porcelain box and cover, painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt. The box is circular, and has a crew-on, slightly domed cover. The cover is painted with a girl gathering grapes and flowers in a mountainous landscape, within a simple gilt band. The underside of the box is painted with a cluster of pink and white roses on a gilt-seeded ground.
Bequeathed by Major, the Hon. H.R. Broughton
Diameter: 10.3 cm
Height: 2.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1973) by Broughton, Henry Rogers, Major the Hon.
19th Century, first half#
William IV
Production date:
circa
AD 1825
Decoration composed of enamels ( polychrome) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-porcelain, painted in polychrome enamels, and gilt
Inscription present: a circular label
Accession number: M.149 & A-1973
Primary reference Number: 40395
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Box" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/40395 Accessed: 2024-04-19 19:07:15
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