Needle-case

Description

Porcelain needle-case painted in crimson and blue enamel colours and gilt and moulded in low relief with tall leaves and flutes, with gilt metal mount with hinged matching dome-shaped porcelain cover with gilt metal mount, part of the Ida Pappenheim Collection: German, Thuringia, c. 1860 - 1900

Museum reference

A.1971.557

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Needle-case

Production information

Thuringia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

c. 1860 - 1900

Materials

Porcelain, Gilt metal

Physical description

Porcelain painted in crimson and blue enamel colours and gilt and moulded in low relief with tall leaves and flutes; gilt metal mount with hinged matching dome-shaped porcelain cover with gilt metal mount

Associations

Ida Pappenheim Collection