Dish
1760-1765 (made)
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This plate or dish is thought to be from a service made for the court of Maximillian III Joseph of Bavaria, Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777. Other surviving wares from the service include pieces for both the savoury and dessert courses, and a probably also a five part set of vases made as the highlight of the royal table.
The highly distinctive flower and insect painting is almost certainly by Joseph Zächenberger (1732-1802), whose signature is recorded on a Nymphenburg porcelain jar. Zächenberger worked at the factory as a flower painter from 1760-1770 and is subsequently recorded as a mural and ceiling painter at the Tattenbach Palace, Munich.
The highly distinctive flower and insect painting is almost certainly by Joseph Zächenberger (1732-1802), whose signature is recorded on a Nymphenburg porcelain jar. Zächenberger worked at the factory as a flower painter from 1760-1770 and is subsequently recorded as a mural and ceiling painter at the Tattenbach Palace, Munich.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Circular plate or dish of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, probably painted by Joseph Zächenberger, Nymphenburg porcelain factory, Germany, 1760-1765. |
| Physical description | Large plate or dish of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Circular with a wavy rim. Decorated with a bouquet and sprays of flowers, insects and a border of gilt rococo scrolls. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'M' and 'B' and a shield with the arms of Bavaria (Impressed) |
| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | From the churfürstliches Hofservice (Electoral court service). For a discussion of the service and the attribution to Zächenberger see Alfred Ziffer, Nymphenburger Porzellan: Sammlung Bäuml, 1997, pp. 133-134 |
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| Summary | This plate or dish is thought to be from a service made for the court of Maximillian III Joseph of Bavaria, Prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire and Duke of Bavaria from 1745 to 1777. Other surviving wares from the service include pieces for both the savoury and dessert courses, and a probably also a five part set of vases made as the highlight of the royal table. The highly distinctive flower and insect painting is almost certainly by Joseph Zächenberger (1732-1802), whose signature is recorded on a Nymphenburg porcelain jar. Zächenberger worked at the factory as a flower painter from 1760-1770 and is subsequently recorded as a mural and ceiling painter at the Tattenbach Palace, Munich. |
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| Accession number | 4033-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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