Etui or bodkin case and cover, London, ca. 1770
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
ca. 1770
Etui or bodkin case and cover in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number 414:264/&A-1885), made in London, dated ca. 1770. The museum's brief description reads: Etui or bodkin case and cover of porcelain, painted with enamels and partly gilded over a mazarine-blue ground, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, London, ca. 1770. Museum description: Etui and cover of porcelain painted with enamels and partly gilded over a mazarine-blue ground, cylindrical in form, and decorated with ornament in six spiral bands, consisting alternately of gilt diaper-pattern on a white ground and gilt flowers on a blue ground. The museum records it as Porcelain painted with enamels and partly gilded, measuring Height 10.8 cm; Diameter 1.9 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
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- Photograph views
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- Catalogue references
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- porcelain
- Dimensions
- Height 10.8 cm; Diameter 1.9 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Porcelain painted with enamels and partly gilded
- Place recorded
- London
Identification
- Museum object name
- Etui or bodkin case and cover
- Museum object number
- 414:264/&A-1885
- Museum system number
- O180907
Catalogue references
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