Powder box with cover

Item Information

Title:
Powder box with cover
Description:
Box: white body with transparent glaze. Circular tub-shaped with "strapping" at top and bottom. Cover: shaped ear handles meant to receive rope or bail handle. Applied finial handle. Overglaze enameled sprig decoration of cornflower-like flowers.
Creator:
Copeland Spode
Date:
1847–1856
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
molding (forming)
bone china (material)
enameling
reeding
gilding (technique)
glazing (coating process)
porcelain (material)
tin (metal)
powder puffs
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
floral patterns
flowers (plant components)
Bone China
Tin Glazed
Ribbed
Molded
Gilded
Enameled
Cornflower
Places:
Maine > York (county) > South Berwick
Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.)
Extent:
3.375 in. (H) Diameter: 4.25 in.; 2.5 in. (H)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/8103
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
Accession #:
1949.540AB
Identifier:
8103