The snuffbox is made by the St Cloud Porcelain Factory in France in c. 1750.

Snuffbox, shell shaped, porcelain / silver, made by the St Cloud Porcelain Factory, France, c. 1750

Shell shaped box with silver mount painted in bands of yellow, brown, green and blue enamels, unidentified silver mark. A soft-paste porcelain snuff box modelled in the form of a shell. The deep box is moulded naturistically on the exterior with low relief scrolling and ribbing. The lip is mounted with silver bands, with a hinged cover moulded on the exterior with a low-relief putto in a scrolled and ribbed shell pattern. Dipped in clear, glassy glaze, the underside of the cover has an 'orange-peel' surface and is painted in bright polychrome enamels; on the exterior with yellow, red, green and blue bands. The underside of the cover has Indianische Blumen and insects vigorously pencilled in red with polychromatic enamel colouring.

Made: St Cloud Porcelain Factory; France; 1745 - 1755

Stamped on silver mount inside upper lip, four unidentified Paris silver marks

A3116

1745 - 1755

48 mm

85 mm

76 mm