Dish
1772-1774 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Dish of hard-paste porcelain. Shallow bowl shape, gently waved edge. Relief-moulded in French style with partly gilt rococo scrolls forming cartouches, and with blue-washed 'pie crust' ornament at edge. Painted with a view of the Herring Packers Tower at Amsterdam framed by orange and gilt rocaille scrolls and flowers. Manierblumen in cartouches.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, moulded and gilded |
| Brief description | Dish, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, 1772-1774. |
| Physical description | Dish of hard-paste porcelain. Shallow bowl shape, gently waved edge. Relief-moulded in French style with partly gilt rococo scrolls forming cartouches, and with blue-washed 'pie crust' ornament at edge. Painted with a view of the Herring Packers Tower at Amsterdam framed by orange and gilt rocaille scrolls and flowers. Manierblumen in cartouches. |
| Dimensions |
|
| Marks and inscriptions |
|
| Credit line | Bequeathed by the Rev. Alfred Duane Pell |
| Object history | From the 'Holländischen Service' (Stadtholder Service) which may be identified with entries on Kaendler's reports of deliveries to Holland from Summer 1766 to 1767. Pell (the donor) owned numerous pieces from this service which he bequeathed to several American museums. |
| 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 | |
| Place depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1934, Pl. LIX (a), p. 140. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.630-1925 |
About this object record
Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.
Suggest feedback
| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
| Record URL |
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest
