Detail View: The AMICA Library: Box with Reclining Dogs

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1983.58
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Name: 
Mennecy Factory
Creator Nationality: 
European; French
Creator Role: 
manufactured by
Creator Dates/Places: 
1885 - 1971
Biography: 
Founded in Paris in 1734, it was transferred to Mennecy in 1748 and to Bourg-la-Reine in 1773. After 1753 it was much restricted by laws imposed to protect the Vincennes factory. Only soft-paste porcelain was made.
Creator Name-CRT: 
Mennecy Factory
Title: 
Box with Reclining Dogs
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
c. 1760
Creation Start Date: 
1755
Creation End Date: 
1765
Materials and Techniques: 
soft-paste porcelain mounted in silver
Classification Term: 
Ceramic
Dimensions: 
Overall: 4.5cm x 5.6cm x 4.3cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1983.58
Credit Line: 
The Norweb Collection
Rights: 
Provenance: 
R. Henry Norweb, Cleveland, Ohio.
Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.1983.58.TIF