Jewelry Box
Item number Ch213 a-l from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Description
Yellow earthenware jewelry box (part a) in the form of an escritoire, with two long lower drawers (parts b-c), and 9 smaller ones above (parts d-l). Painted with purple-red scenes of buildings and trees in black framed, rectangular, white reserves on upper and lower sides and drawer fronts. Each drawer opens and has a knob handle.
History Of Use
This jewelry box in the shape of a chest of drawers is painted with small landscapes with ruins in the style of baroque romanticism.
Cultural Context
functional; decorative
Specific Techniques
tin-glazed
Item History
- Made in Tata, Hungary between 1750 and 1800
- Owned by Walter C. Koerner before December 2, 1988
- Received from Walter C. Koerner (Donor) on December 2, 1988
What
- Name
- Jewelry Box
- Identification Number
- Ch213 a-l
- Type of Item
- box
- Material
- paint, glaze and clay
- Manufacturing Technique
- moulded, luted, glazed, refired, painted, fired and shaped
- Overall
- height 35.5 cm, width 24.2 cm, depth 11.9 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Tata, Hungary
Who
- Culture
- Slavic
- Previous Owner
- Walter C. Koerner
- Received from
- Walter C. Koerner (Donor)
When
- Creation Date
- between 1750 and 1800
- Ownership Date
- before December 2, 1988
- Acquisition Date
- on December 2, 1988
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics; earthenware; tin-glaze
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 1417/0381 a-l
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