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Dish

late 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of hard-paste porcelain. Elliptical shape, relief-moulded with swans, herons, rushes, etc. Painted with enamel colours and gilt, the reliefs naturalistically coloured. Gilt edge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Dish, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, late 19th century
Physical description
Dish of hard-paste porcelain. Elliptical shape, relief-moulded with swans, herons, rushes, etc. Painted with enamel colours and gilt, the reliefs naturalistically coloured. Gilt edge.
Dimensions
  • Length: 33.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (Factory mark, in blue)
  • 'No. 3' (Incised)
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Given by Mr R. C. Dunn-Gardner
Production
Pulled from model by Johann Friedrich Eberlein for the 'Swan Service' for Count Brühl, Septmber 1742.
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.229-1912

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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