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Production: Sèvres Porcelain Manufactory
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
History note: Uncertain before Countess May Cippico (daughter of Mrs Sigismund Goetze).
Given by Countess May Cippico
Height: 3.6 cm
Width: 5.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1946) by Cippico, Countess
20th Century
Production date:
AD 1926
: dated
Exterior
composed of
enamel
Decoration
composed of
gold
Mark
Moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, moulded in two parts, decorated with a blue enamel ground, and gilt
Glazing (coating)
Inscription present: see old catalogue slip, possibly EE163
Inscription present: S/1926/A is within an almond-shaped outline
Accession number: EC.23 & A-1946
Primary reference Number: 76912
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Box" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/76912 Accessed: 2024-11-02 14:29:02
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