Box
Category
Metalwork
Date
1736 - 1795
Materials
enamelled brass
Measurements
140 mm (Height); 35 mm (Diameter)
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Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 107345
Summary
The body of a cloisonné circular box dating from the Qianlong period (1736 - 1795). This time in Chinese history produced the finest cloisonné. '[A cloisonné enamel cylindrical box and cover - 5.5 in. diam.] Another with darker ground' (Christie's entry)
Provenance
Purchased in 1986 by the National Heritage Memorial Fund from Francis Curzon, 3rd Viscount Scarsdale (1924-2000). Gifted to the National Trust in 1987 by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.