1928.123.A: Saucer
VesselsA round white saucer with three dark pink flowers with green foliage around the rim, one at the top, one at the lower left, and one at the lower right.. The center of the saucer has an incised circle where a cup would go.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1928.123.A
- People
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Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
- Title
- Saucer
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 1814-24
- Places
- Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Meissen
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/231757
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Hard-paste decorated with polychrome overglaze
- Dimensions
- 2.5 × 14 cm (1 × 5 1/2 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- manufacturer's mark: bottom, underglaze blue: [crossed swords] / II
- maker's mark: bottom, inscribed: II:8 [indicating quality, plus thrower's/modeler'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
- 1928.123.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. 478-480
Exhibition History
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