Snuffbox or patchbox
ca. 1751–54
Medium
Soft-paste porcelain, agate, gold
Dimensions
Height: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
British, London
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
Accession Number
1982.60.352
Tags
About the Artist
Saint James's Factory · 1749–1759
**Saint James's Factory: A Jewel in Early English Porcelain** The Saint James's Factory, a pioneering British porcelain manufactory, emerged in London around 1749 under the direction of Charles Gouyn, a Huguenot jeweler from Dieppe who died in 1785. Operating from premises near the Turk's Head on Bennett Street in St. James's until about 1759, Gouyn had previously collaborated with Nicholas Sprim...