Needle-case

Description

Porcelain needle-case painted in enamel colours and gilt, in the form of a baby in swaddling clothes, with brass mount at the bottom with hinged matching porcelain cover with brass mount, part of the Ida Pappenheim Collection: German, Thuringia, c. 1860 - 1900

Museum reference

A.1971.560

Collection

Decorative and Applied Art

Object name

Needle-case

Production information

Thuringia, Germany, Western Europe

Date

c. 1860 - 1900

Materials

Porcelain, Brass

Physical description

Porcelain painted in enamel colours and gilt, in the form of a baby in swaddling clothes; brass mount at bottom with hinged matching porcelain cover with brass mount

Associations

Ida Pappenheim Collection