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1953

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2024

  • You found it!

Pounce Pot with Vine-Shaped Handle ("Sandstreuer") Pounce Pot

This is a pounce pot. It was probably Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin and manufactured by Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory. It is dated ca. 1770 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is porcelain, vitreous enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan. It is credited Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan.

  • Egg Pendant Necklace, ca. 1991
  • hollow formed and fabricated silver and stainless steel.
  • The Susan Grant Lewin Collection, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
  • 2016-34-26

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 8.5 × 10 × 7.5 cm (3 3/8 × 3 15/16 × 2 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] ".CIV.", painted in purple overglaze [2] cursive "w.271." or "no.271", painted or written in brown ink overglaze [3] "AS", painted overglaze (faint) [4] "1D" (?), impressed underglaze (very faint, along edge)

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Pounce Pot with Vine-Shaped Handle ("Sandstreuer") Pounce Pot; Probably Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Berlin (Germany); Manufactured by Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory (Germany); porcelain, vitreous enamel; H x W x D: 8.5 × 10 × 7.5 cm (3 3/8 × 3 15/16 × 2 15/16 in.); Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan; 1953-17-133

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