1928.127.B: Cup

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1928.127.B

People

Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)

Title

Cup

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1774-1814

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Meissen

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/231822

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamels

Dimensions

4.8 × 9.8 × 7.9 cm (1 7/8 × 3 7/8 × 3 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• manufacturer's mark: [bottom]: decorated with underglaze blue crossed swords, with asterik painted beneath, of the Meissen porcelain manufactory
• maker's mark: [bottom]: incised 2, 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

1928.127.B

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Painted design of purple, blue, yellow and orange flowers. Stamped into bottom: 2. Mark of crossed swords with asterisk beneath painted in blue on bottom, indicating Dresden porcelain of the Marcolini period, 1774-1814. Purple flower painted inside bottom. Footed. Plain loop handle.

Publication History

• William Chaffers, Marks & Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain, Borden Publishing Company (Los Angeles, CA, 1946), p. 480

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