1928.127.A: Saucer
VesselsA round white plate with a gold rim. From the middle of the right side, clockwise to the upper left side, are flowers and greenery. The flowers are purple, blue, and yellow. The heaviest decoration is at the bottom center of the plate.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1928.127.A
- People
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Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
- Title
- Saucer
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1774-1814
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Meissen
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/231752
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Hard-paste decorated with polychrome enamels
- Dimensions
- 2.9 × 13 cm (1 1/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- manufacturer's mark: bottom, underglaze blue: [crossed swords] / *
- maker's mark: bottom, incised: 16 [thrower's/ modeler's mark]
- maker's mark: bottom, purple overglaze enamel: 18 [painter's mark]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 1928.127.A
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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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. 480
Exhibition History
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