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Lithophane

Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lithophane, 'Madonna von Morilla', taken from 'Maria with the Child' by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c.1670-80, hard-paste porcelain moulded in intaglio, Plauesche Porzellanmanufaktur, Plaue, Thuringia, Germany, mid-19th century


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain
Brief description
Lithophane, 'Madonna von Morilla', taken from 'Maria with the Child' by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c.1670-80, hard-paste porcelain moulded in intaglio, Plauesche Porzellanmanufaktur, Plaue, Thuringia, Germany, mid-19th century
Dimensions
  • Length: 19.7cm
  • Width: 15.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
PPM 434 (incised)
Credit line
Gift of Ian and Rita Smythe
Production
Listed in price list for Porzellanmanufactur, C. G. Schierholz & Sohn (Plaue), c. 1870 to 1875.

Image copied from 'Maria with the Child' by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, c.1670-80.
Collection
Accession number
C.329-2018

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Record createdSeptember 6, 2018
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