BOX
Creator(s): Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Attributed to)
On view in: French Drawing Room
About this object
The small box is shaped like the head of a young lady. She has a tall powdered hairdo and wears a black half mask. Her eyes are two rose-cut diamonds. The box is mounted in gold with a ring at the top for hanging on a ribbon. The cover at the back is set with a piece of moss agate.
- Object name:
- BOX
- Made from:
- Hard paste porcelain -- agate -- gold -- diamonds
- Made in:
- Meissen, Germany
- Date made:
- c. 1750
- Size:
- 5.1 x 2.9 cm (2 x 1 1/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.4
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973