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Pomade box and tray

Made at: Longton Hall Manufactory (England)
English
about 1753
Object Place: Europe, England

Medium/Technique Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions 5.08 x 20.32 cm (2 x 8 in.)
Credit Line Jessie and Sigmund Katz Collection
Accession Number1988.887a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionPomade box and tray (one piece). a- lid, b-box. Box in form of plum, cover with twig finial three green leaves at side. Tray a large leaf heavily veined on under side. Mark: red circle in cover; circle and two swords at right angles in red underglaze on b
ProvenanceBy 1973, Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz [see note 1]; 1988, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz. (Accession date: November 30, 1988)

NOTES:
[1] From June 25, 1973, on loan to the MFA from Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund Katz.