Beaker
1720-1730 (enamelled), ca. 1720-1725 (made)
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The refined decoration on this chocolate beaker would have been specially commissioned by an aristocratic patron, either as a flattering gift for someone important, or as a cabinet piece which would have advertised the owner's educated tastes.
Although the porcelain was made in China, the black enamelling and gilding was done by Ignaz Preissler in 1720-30. Preissler was originally from Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) but may have trained in Nuremburg where this type of enamelling in black was a speciality. He is also known to have worked in Breslau in Germany and to have returned to Bohemia (Kronstadt) in later life to continue his work, probably with his son, Daniel.
Although the porcelain was made in China, the black enamelling and gilding was done by Ignaz Preissler in 1720-30. Preissler was originally from Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) but may have trained in Nuremburg where this type of enamelling in black was a speciality. He is also known to have worked in Breslau in Germany and to have returned to Bohemia (Kronstadt) in later life to continue his work, probably with his son, Daniel.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Beaker, probably for chocolate, in hard-paste porcelain decorated by the independent enameller Ignaz Preissler in Bohemia or Silesia, ca. 1720-30, the beaker made in China, ca. 1720-25. |
| Physical description | Beaker in hard-paste porcelain of tall, tapering shape, finely painted in black enamels with a continuous mythological scene, comprising a wooded landscape with Apollo watching a raven flying overhead, an eagle at his feet, and Coronis, her heart pierced by an arrow and her harp lying on the ground nearby, in the distance, fortified buildings by a river and a hunter, inside the rim scrollwork with additional gilded highlights. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Coronis ab Apolline / transfigitur' / Chinese mark
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| Summary | The refined decoration on this chocolate beaker would have been specially commissioned by an aristocratic patron, either as a flattering gift for someone important, or as a cabinet piece which would have advertised the owner's educated tastes. Although the porcelain was made in China, the black enamelling and gilding was done by Ignaz Preissler in 1720-30. Preissler was originally from Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) but may have trained in Nuremburg where this type of enamelling in black was a speciality. He is also known to have worked in Breslau in Germany and to have returned to Bohemia (Kronstadt) in later life to continue his work, probably with his son, Daniel. |
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| Accession number | 445-1869 |
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| Record created | February 17, 2009 |
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