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Johann Joachim Kändler

Snuff Taker,

Description

Maker

  • Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
  • Johann Joachim Kändler

Title

Snuff Taker

Medium

porcelain

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Porcelain with enamels,
  • glaze,
  • and gilding

Techniques

  • Porcelain with enamels,
  • glaze,
  • and gilding

Dimensions

19 x 9 x 5 cm (7 1/2 x 3 9/16 x 1 15/16 inches)

Place

Place Made: Meissen

Type

  • Ceramics

Credit

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sigmund J. Katz

Object Number

53.200

About

Snuff Taker

Trading Earth

Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
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Trading Earth
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Place Made: Meissen

Projects & Publications

Publications

Soundwalk

Trading Earth
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Trading Earth

Ceramics, Commodities, and Commerce
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Arlene Shechet Interviewed by Judith Tannenbaum

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Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Trading Earth

April 9, 2022 - July 20, 2025

Arlene Shechet

January 17 - July 6, 2014

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Snuff Taker with the accession number of 53.200. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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