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snuff-jar
Object Type
snuff-jar
Museum number
1957,1201.31
Description
Snuff-jar, earthenware, tin-glazed, painted in blue with three identical cartouches with a putto, grapes and fruit, enclosing an inscription, and with a flying putto holding an inscribed scroll, repeated twice.
Production date
1749
Production place
Made in:
Delft
Materials
earthenware
Ware
Tin-glazed Earthenware
Dutch Delftware
Technique
tin-glazed
painted
Dimensions
Height:
12.20 inches
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Tait 1958c / The Passmore Gift
(p. 82)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
cherub/cupid
fruit
Acquisition name
Donated by:
A D Passmore
Acquisition date
1957
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1957,1201.31
Conservation
Treatment
: 09 Jan 2017
Treatment
: 09 Dec 1997
Treatment
: 06 Nov 2014