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box
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plaque
Object Type
box
plaque
Museum number
1958,0502.1
Description
Box; silver; enamelled oval copper plaque set in the lid; scene with two putti at a forge in a landscape; coloured, flat burnished gold tree trunk, basket and forge, putti modelled in relief and covered in burnished gold; signature.
Producer name
Made by:
Christian Friedrick Herold
(enamelled)
Production date
1730-1740
Production place
Decorated in:
Meissen
(enamelled)
Decorated in:
Dresden (city)
(enamelled)
Materials
silver
enamel
copper
gold
Technique
enamelled
burnished
hand-modelled
relief
Dimensions
Height:
1.20 centimetres
Length:
6.20 centimetres
Width:
4.40 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For a discussion of applied gold motifs on enamel and porcelain, see Holzhausen 1930.
Bibliographic references
Tait 1962b / Herold and Hunger
(39-41)
Dawson 1990 / Gold foil decoration on enamel, glass and porcelain: a new look
(342)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
forge/foundry
cherub/cupid
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Winifred Williams (Antiques) Ltd
Acquisition date
1958
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1958,0502.1
Conservation
Treatment
: 27 Jan 1994
Treatment
: 01 Aug 2016
Treatment
: 01 Aug 2016