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Blackamoor with a Sugar Box Sugar Box
This is a sugar box. It was modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler and manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated ca. 1740 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was
donated by
Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
It is credited Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
Its dimensions are
(a: figure): 17 x 8.5 x 11.1 cm (6 11/16 x 3 3/8 x 4 3/8 in.) (b: cover): 2.8 x 7.4 x 9.2 cm (1 1/8 x 2 15/16 x 3 5/8 in.)
It has the following markings
Underside: [1] double crossed swords, painted in underglaze blue (Meissen Porcelain Manufactory mark) [2] "WAG / AFR.1980.55", written in pencil on rectangular label [3] "101 b[...]", written in black crayon [4] "-34", written in black crayon
It is signed
Unsigned
It is inscribed
Uninscribed
Cite this object as
Blackamoor with a Sugar Box Sugar Box; Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Germany); Modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1775); Germany; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel; (a: figure): 17 x 8.5 x 11.1 cm (6 11/16 x 3 3/8 x 4 3/8 in.) (b: cover): 2.8 x 7.4 x 9.2 cm (1 1/8 x 2 15/16 x 3 5/8 in.); Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde; 1960-1-34-a,b
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Jon Gray of Ghetto Gastro Selects.
