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Dish

ca. 1745-1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish or tureen stand of hard-paste porcelain. Round the rim, four gilt rococo panels with scenes of conversation and gallantry (Watteau figures). Between each of these, three radial compartments moulded with leaves and berries and partially gilded. In the centre, a landscape with a view in the foreground and a village in the background.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours and gilt
Brief description
Dish or tureen stand of hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamel colours and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1745-50
Physical description
Dish or tureen stand of hard-paste porcelain. Round the rim, four gilt rococo panels with scenes of conversation and gallantry (Watteau figures). Between each of these, three radial compartments moulded with leaves and berries and partially gilded. In the centre, a landscape with a view in the foreground and a village in the background.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 30.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (Factory mark, in blue)
  • '20' (Impressed)
  • Two strokes (Incised on foot rim)
Credit line
Given by Frank Green
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.116-1916

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Record createdApril 18, 2000
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