Circular Snuffbox

Description A porcelain manufactory was founded in Chantilly, France, in 1725 by Louis-Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé. The speciality of this factory was soft-paste or artificial porcelains decorated with enamel decoration applied over a milky white glaze. The designs for the decoration were derived from both original as well as Meissen copies of Japanese Kakiemon wares.

Exhibitions

• Objects of Vertu: Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions In red: horn and dragon fly

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters