Powder Puff Container
Detailed information
Name of the object
Powder puff container
Inventory №
3741
Location
Shumen Regional Museum
Material from which the item is made
Artificial fabrics
Dimensions and weight
Diameter 10,5 cm, bottom 6,3 cm, 7 cm, top 6,5 cm, total height 14 cm
Method of acquisition and location
Cultural period of creation
Ethnography
Item description
Porcelain. Bulging cylinder, small grooved rim retains the cap, slightly bulging. In the middle – circular hole diam. 3.5 cm. Painted in orange yellow, 3 semicircles and circles in black, filled with blue spaces. Ballerina figurine inserted into the opening, the wide petticoat of which is made of fine feathers for applying the powder on the face. The powder is placed in small saucer decorated with intricate tangle of carpeted geometric motifs and white, red, green, yellow, blue and black. Very well preserved. Container sides colored in cyclamen with black vertical lines. It belonged to the family of Tokaliev – rich merchant from Shumen
