Snuffbox in the form of an apple
Meissen Manufactory
ca. 1740–50 · Hard-paste porcelain, gilt metal · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Meissen boxes in the form of fruits were made in very limited quantity between 1740 and 1750 (the date of this one), and the finest of them were mounted in gold and painted with miniatures.
- Artist
- Meissen Manufactory
- Date
- ca. 1740–50
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain, gilt metal
- Culture
- German, Meissen
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of George F. Baker, Gift of Mrs. George B. McClellan, Gift of J.Pierpont Morgan and Rogers Fund, by exchange, 1971
