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Sugar Box and Cover, c.1730-40

Sugar Box and Cover, c.1730-40


Hard paste porcelain, coloured enamels and gold


German, Meissen


Mark: crossed swords and initials 'K.H.K.'


Height 8 cm; Length 10.5 cm; Width 8.5 cm.
Purchased from the assistance of V&A Purchase Grant Fund and the Friends of the Bowes Museum (Ruth Wolfe Fund)

Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain

Place: Meissen

Object Type: box

Actual Date: c.1735

Century: 18th century

Materials: Hard-paste porcelain, Enamel, Gold

Museum Accession Number: 1998.18.2/Cer.