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Soap Box and Sponge Box Set
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About this work
In 18th-century France the toilette , an elaborate dressing ceremony practiced by both men and women, became increasingly ritualized and public, creating a demand for matching containers and implements like this soap and sponge box. The box with the lid pierced in floral patterns would have been used to carry the sponge.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSoap Box and Sponge Box Set, 1769. Sèvres Porcelain Factory (French, est. 1756), Antoine-Toussaint Cornaille (French, 1735–1812). Soft-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration; overall: 11.5 x 9.1 cm (4 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1953.635
