Not on display

Bowl

1898 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl in semi-soft biscuit porcelain, smear glazed. It is of highly sculptural form and incorporates the figures of a merman and mermaid.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Semi-soft biscuit porcelain, smear glazed
Brief description
Smear-glazed semi-soft porcelain bowl modelled by Emmanuel Schmutzer and made by the Royal Porcelain Factory, Berlin, 1898
Physical description
Bowl in semi-soft biscuit porcelain, smear glazed. It is of highly sculptural form and incorporates the figures of a merman and mermaid.
Dimensions
  • Length: 69.8cm
  • Width: 53.3cm
Style
Gallery label
(1987-2006)
'American and European Art and Design 1800-1900'

The Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Berlin adopted art nouveau relatively late, but it made an outstanding display of pieces in this manner at the 1900 exhibition. Many, including this bowl, were highly sculptural, as the factory had developed a semi-soft porcelain body which could be modelled as easily as clay and which took glazes particularly well.
Historical context
The Royal Porcelain Manufactory in Berlin adopted art nouveau relatively late, but it made an outstanding display of pieces in this manner at the 1900 exhibition. Many were highly sculptural, as the factory had developed a semi-soft porcelain body which could be modelled as easily as clay and which took glazes particularly well.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.22-1969

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Record createdApril 10, 2000
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