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Box: EC.23 & A-1946

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Production: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory

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Description

Circular box and cover of hard-paste porcelain decorated with a dark blue enamel ground, and gilded edges

Hard-paste porcelain decorated with a dark blue enamel ground, and gilded. Circular with deep curved sides, covered by a slightly domed cover. Both parts are blue overall. The box has a gold band round the lower edge, and rim, and the cover has one round the rim. Accompanied by a case EC.23B-1946

Notes

History note: Uncertain before Countess May Cippico (daughter of Mrs Sigismund Goetze).

Legal notes

Given by Countess May Cippico

Measurements and weight

Height: 3.6 cm
Width: 5.8 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Sèvres ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1946) by Cippico, Countess

Dating

20th Century
Production date: AD 1926 : dated

Components of the work

Exterior composed of enamel
Decoration composed of gold
Mark

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Hard-paste porcelain, moulded in two parts, decorated with a blue enamel ground, and gilt
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: see old catalogue slip, possibly EE163

  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Incised
  • Type: Mark

Inscription present: S/1926/A is within an almond-shaped outline

  • Text: S/1926/DA and below MADE IN/FRANCE
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Printed in green
  • Type: Factory mark
  • Text: N 36
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Painted in green enamel
  • Type: Mark
  • Text: 4.
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Painted in gold
  • Type: Mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: EC.23 & A-1946
Primary reference Number: 76912
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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