Panel
1752 (made)
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Panel of hard-paste porcelain painted with colours and gilded. Square in shape. Painted in seven oval medallions enclosed by gilt rococo scrollwork and terminating the branches of a tree showing roots, leaves and berries with portraits of the family von Kaysers of Pressnitz, consisting of a man with his wife and five children. In the seventh medallion, which is blank, is inscribed 'in Spe.'. At the base of the tree is a classical female figure holding a shield of arms, consisting of a red stag running to the left and on a chief is a rosette between two gold stars. On the back is an inscription giving particulars of the family.
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Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with colours and gilded |
Brief description | Panel of hard-paste porcelain painted with colours and gilded, painted by F.F. Mayer in Pressnitz, Meissen porcelain factory, Meissen, 1752. |
Physical description | Panel of hard-paste porcelain painted with colours and gilded. Square in shape. Painted in seven oval medallions enclosed by gilt rococo scrollwork and terminating the branches of a tree showing roots, leaves and berries with portraits of the family von Kaysers of Pressnitz, consisting of a man with his wife and five children. In the seventh medallion, which is blank, is inscribed 'in Spe.'. At the base of the tree is a classical female figure holding a shield of arms, consisting of a red stag running to the left and on a chief is a rosette between two gold stars. On the back is an inscription giving particulars of the family. |
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Credit line | Purchased through the Murray Bequest Fund |
Object history | Bought out of the funds of the Capt. H.B. Murray Bequest. |
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Accession number | C.117-1937 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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