Toilet box containing three smaller boxes

Factory Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory British

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 512

Containing a nest of smaller boxes, these pieces may have belonged to a luxurious dressing-table set similar to one advertised by the dealer Burnsall on July 21, 1764: "A most grand and capital Lot of . . . Chelsea Porcelain, containing a dressing Glass and three Drawers . . . with different Gold Instruments and Twelve Toilet Boxes to ditto, all of the rich Mazarine Blue and Gold." The deep blue ground color, known as Mazarine blue, combined with the lavish gold decoration, used at Chelsea as early as 1756, clearly was influenced by Vincennes and Sèvres porcelain.

#413. Retail Value. High and Low

0:00
0:00
View Transcript
Toilet box containing three smaller boxes, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, Mazarin blue ground with gold decoration, British, Chelsea

This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Open Access

As part of the Met's Open Access policy, you can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes.

API

Public domain data for this object can also be accessed using the Met's Open Access API.

Toilet box containing three smaller boxes, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, Mazarin blue ground with gold decoration, British, Chelsea
Toilet box containing three smaller boxes, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, Mazarin blue ground with gold decoration, British, Chelsea
Toilet box containing three smaller boxes, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, Mazarin blue ground with gold decoration, British, Chelsea
Toilet box containing three smaller boxes, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, Mazarin blue ground with gold decoration, British, Chelsea
Toilet box containing three smaller boxes, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, Mazarin blue ground with gold decoration, British, Chelsea
Toilet box containing three smaller boxes, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, Mazarin blue ground with gold decoration, British, Chelsea
Toilet box containing three smaller boxes, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, Mazarin blue ground with gold decoration, British, Chelsea
Toilet box containing three smaller boxes, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, Mazarin blue ground with gold decoration, British, Chelsea
Toilet box containing three smaller boxes, Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1744–1784), Soft-paste porcelain, Mazarin blue ground with gold decoration, British, Chelsea

This artwork is meant to be viewed from right to left. Scroll left to view more.