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Sand or Condiment Box in the Form of a Barrel
Bands of dark blue ground strewn with fleurs-de-lys and reserve panels of figures in landscape; on central band, cartouche with three fleur-de-lys on blue ground surmounted by crown; loose cover, pierced and gilt
Inscription
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1909 [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1]; by bequest to the Walters Art Museum, 1931.
[1]. This piece is visible in a photograph preserved in the Walters Art Museum Archives of display case featuring European porcelains that was taken around the time Henry Walters opened the Walters Art Gallery in 1909.
Geographies
Meissen (Place of Origin)
Measurements
Overall: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 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.
48.898