id:			151496
accession number:	1983.59
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1983.59
updated:		2023-03-14 12:01:22.412000

Snuff Box (Tabatière), c. 1745–1750. Chantilly Porcelain Factory (French). Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration; gilded metal; overall: 6.2 x 8.6 x 8.2 cm (2 7/16 x 3 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1983.59

title:				Snuff Box (Tabatière)
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creation date:			c. 1745–1750
creation date earliest:		1745
creation date latest:		1750
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creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	France, 18th century
technique:	Tin-glazed soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration; gilded metal
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Chantilly Porcelain Factory (French)  - manufacturer
Founded in c. 1730 under the patronage of Louis-Henri de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, an impassioned collector of Japanese Arita porcelain, and managed by Ciquaire Cirou until his death in 1751. Only soft-paste porcelain was made.
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measurements: Overall: 6.2 x 8.6 x 8.2 cm (2 7/16 x 3 3/8 x 3 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts
	opening date:   1983-11-08T05:00:00
	<i>Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 8, 1983-June 3, 1984).

	title:		The Year in Review for 1983
	opening date:   1984-02-22T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1983</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 22-April 8, 1984).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* CMA, 8 November 1983 - 3 June 1984: "Highlights of the Rococo: Norweb Ceramics and Related Arts," no catalog.

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PROVENANCE

	R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.
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CITATIONS

	"Year in Review." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>71 (February 1984).
	page number: 	p. 70, no. 54, ill. p. 60
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IMAGES

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