{"id":988,"date":"2010-03-25T15:50:55","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T20:50:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=988"},"modified":"2011-02-13T15:54:21","modified_gmt":"2011-02-13T20:54:21","slug":"meissen-style-trinket-box-c-1890","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/?p=988","title":{"rendered":"Meissen style trinket box, c.1890"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I found this oddity in a gift shop in Provencetown, MA and thought it was so ugly I almost didn&#8217;t buy it. But the &#8220;beauty&#8221; of this repair is that the entire lower portion of the covered box that was lost, has been lovingly recreated out of wood.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_19821.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4836\" title=\"IMG_1982\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_19821.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_19821.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_19821-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The back view of the wine barrel-shaped box, which measures 7-3\/4&#8243; high and 6-1\/2&#8243; long,\u00a0shows great skill and detail.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_19832.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4837\" title=\"IMG_1983\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_19832.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_19832.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_19832-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matching the faux woodgrain on the porcelain top, a craftsman painted\u00a0the replaced wooden bottom to look like porcelain, which had already been painted to look like wood!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5299\" title=\"IMG_7101\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7101.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7101.jpg 399w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7101-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wonderful details include this minutely carved spigot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7105.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5300\" title=\"IMG_7105\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7105.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7105.jpg 400w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7105-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The porcelain figure on top of my trinket box&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7109.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMG_7109\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7109.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>is very similar to this c. 1800\u00a0Meissen porcelain figure of a boy holding grapes<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/29-4450_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-989\" title=\"29-4450_1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/29-4450_1-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/29-4450_1-227x300.jpg 227w, http:\/\/blog.andrewbaseman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/29-4450_1.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rauantiques.com\">M. S. Rau Antiques<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found this oddity in a gift shop in Provencetown, MA and thought it was so ugly I almost didn&#8217;t buy it. But the &#8220;beauty&#8221; of this repair is that the entire lower portion of the covered box that was lost, has been lovingly recreated out of wood. 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