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Circular Snuffbox
(18th and 19th Centuries )
A porcelain manufactory was founded in Chantilly, France, in 1725 by Louis-Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé (1692–1740), a leading French aristocrat in the first half of the 18th-century. The speciality of this factory was soft-paste or artificial porcelains embellished with enamel decoration applied over a milky white glaze. The designs for the decorations were often derived from Japanese Kakiemon wares as well as copies of such Japanese wares by the German manufactory Meissen.
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Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1984 | Objects of Vertu: Precious Works of the Eighteenth Century. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
France, Chantilly (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1 5/16 x 2 1/4 in. (3.4 x 5.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.768