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Teacup and Saucer

ca. 1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teacup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain, with loop handle. Painted with traditional floral motifs (Holzschnitt-Deutsche Blumen) and shadow insects. Brown edge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Cup
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, with moulded decoration and painted in enamels
Brief description
Teacup and saucer, hard-paste porcelain with moulded decoration and painted in enamels, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1745
Physical description
Teacup and saucer of hard-paste porcelain, with loop handle. Painted with traditional floral motifs (Holzschnitt-Deutsche Blumen) and shadow insects. Brown edge.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (Factory mark, in underglaze blue)
  • 'F.' (In crimson-purple, possibly for the painter Fleischer who left for Vienna in 1746.)
  • Transliteration
    .
Credit line
Given by Mr R. Clarke Edwards
Object history
Part of a tea service (C.335 to 344-1918).
Production
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.342&A-1918

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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