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Source Description
Both the lid and container of this bonbonnière, or sweet-meat container, have central circular fields and radiating panels carved in relief. On the cover, a seated nude woman caresses a dog; on the container itself, a shepherd holding a crook pats his dog. The shallowly and rather summarily rendered radiating panels show vignettes with shepherds, shepherdesses, watchdogs, and sheep. A narrow frieze running around the side of the container illustrates a boar hunt.The two sections of the bonbonnière are attached by a gilt-metal hinge. A hole in the rim opposite the hinge indicates that the box may also have had a metal clasp.Incised and blackened in the inside of the container is an owner's monogram, MT. The cover bears a paper label: MACKAY & CHISHOLM/GOLSMITHS./57 Princess Street/EDINBURGH.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
28494
label
Bonbonnière with Pastoral Scene
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object
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Source metadata
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28494
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object
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normalized
title
Bonbonnière with Pastoral Scene
description
Both the lid and container of this bonbonnière, or sweet-meat container, have central circular fields and radiating panels carved in relief. On the cover, a seated nude woman caresses a dog; on the container itself, a shepherd holding a crook pats his dog. The shallowly and rather summarily rendered radiating panels show vignettes with shepherds, shepherdesses, watchdogs, and sheep. A narrow frieze running around the side of the container illustrates a boar hunt.The two sections of the bonbonnière are attached by a gilt-metal hinge. A hole in the rim opposite the hinge indicates that the box may also have had a metal clasp.Incised and blackened in the inside of the container is an owner's monogram, MT. The cover bears a paper label: MACKAY & CHISHOLM/GOLSMITHS./57 Princess Street/EDINBURGH.
provenance
Owned by Mackay and Chisholm, Edinburgh; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1730-1750
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
bonbon dishes
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
6.7
height
4.3
dimensionsRaw
W: 2 5/8 × D: 1 11/16 in. (6.7 × 4.3 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Monogram] Incised and blackened in the inside of the container: MT; [Label] On paper: MACKAY & CHISHOLM/GOLSMITHS./57 Princess Street/EDINBURGH
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6229
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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