Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Carstens-Uffrecht, Germany
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Oval lid and body. Slightly convex lid surmounted by a backward s-shaped vertical handle about nine centimeters long. Oval body narrowing at bottom with curving and descending ramp-like handles on either narrow side. Both pieces glazed turquoise with highlights of airbrushed brown. Abstract surface decoration, in the center on the long side of the box, of lines, waves, and patches in airbrished royal blue, brown, and rust.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Victor Wiener
- 1920–40
- Accession Number
- 1996-18-14-a,b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- ceramics
- Decorative Arts
- Chocolate box and lid
- Medium
- Glazed earthenware
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 9.8 x 25 x 15.3cm (3 7/8 x 9 13/16 x 6in.)
- manufactured in
- Germany
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1996-18-14-a_b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49cca4b3a-f59b-4f06-b20b-44fa8c62345d
