Bowl

1730-1735 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Broth bowl with cover and stand of hard-paste porcelain. Purple ground. Each piece with four lobed reserves with harbour scenes with merchants. Gilt borders and rims.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 3 parts.

  • Bowl
  • Cover
  • Stand
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Broth bowl, cover and stand, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, 1730-1735.
Physical description
Broth bowl with cover and stand of hard-paste porcelain. Purple ground. Each piece with four lobed reserves with harbour scenes with merchants. Gilt borders and rims.
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords [on stand with pommels] (Factory mark, in blue)
  • 'B.' (In gold)
  • '2' (Incised on bowl)
  • (Impressed mark of the thrower Johann Elias Grund Senior (active 1720-39))
Credit line
Bequeathed by J.A. Tulk
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.34 to B-1956

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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