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Sugar box
Sugar box, hard-paste porcelain, octagonal, standing on a shallow foot rim, squat, elongated, octagonal body with bulging sides, stepped, domed cover with pagoda-shaped finial; sides decorated in gilt with four chinoiserie scenes alternating with four gilt pattern panels, one scene comprising two chinoiserie figures either side of a tree, one of three figures, one holding a rake, standing on platforms with gilt scrolling, gilt border to rim and shoulders, cover decorated with two chinoiserie scenes, both of two figures eitherside a tree, gilt border to lip, on layers and to finial.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33237
Creation/Production
Meissen
Seuter workshop
Date: 1720 ca –
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 8
Length
(cm): 10.5
Width
(cm): 8.2
Height
(in): 3
Length
(in): 4
Width
(in): 3
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
wheel-thrown
forming
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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