Vase and Cover
ca. 1745 (made), 1744 (modelled)
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Vase and cover of hard-paste porcelain with applied reliefs.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain with applied reliefs |
Brief description | Vase and cover of hard-paste porcelain with applied reliefs, modelled by J.J. Kändler in 1744, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1745. |
Physical description | Vase and cover of hard-paste porcelain with applied reliefs. |
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Credit line | Given by Miss R. Heriot in memory of Mr and Mrs Robert Heriot |
Object history | This is a variant of one of the set of seven planets vases modelled in 1744 for the Empress Elisabeth of Russia. |
Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1946, Pl. XXXVII, p. 100. |
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Accession number | C.190&A-1926 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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