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A round white plate with gold around the edge. A small bouquet of greens and flowers starts at the lower center and continues clockwise to the upper right quadrant.
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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1928.125.A
People
Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
Title
Saucer
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1774-1814
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Dresden
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231408

Location

Location
Level 1, Room 1510, Modern and Contemporary Art, Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels
Dimensions
2.9 × 13 cm (1 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: bottom, underglaze blue: [crossed swords] / * [dot]
  • maker's mark: bottom, overglaze purple: 41 [painter's mark]
  • maker's mark: bottom, incised: 23 [thrower's/modeler's mark]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Edward P. Bliss, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1928

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Edward P. Bliss
Accession Year
1928
Object Number
1928.125.A
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William Chaffers, Marks & Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain, Borden Publishing Company (Los Angeles, CA, 1946), p. 479

Exhibition History

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