Object Number 1956.0014.012

Object Name

Plate

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Charles F. Montgomery

Creator (Role)

Villeroy and Boch factory (Maker)
1748-present day

Place of Origin

Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Date

1891-1930

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Printed mark in black: a winged head flanked by serpents above a horizontal band reading: "VILLEROY & BOCH"; below, a curved band reads "DRESDEN"; below curved band are the words "REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./MADE IN GERMANY"
2. Mark; Underside; Partial impressed stamp with: "S/ DH/ E" within a shaped cartouche

Materials

Earthenware (white)

Techniques

Molded, Painted, Printed

Dimensions (inches)

1.083 (H) , 9.508 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

2.75 (H) , 24.15 (Diam)

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Book] Rontgen, Robert E. 1996 The Book of Meissen.
• Discussion of Onion pattern: p. 232-255. See illustrated Meissen mark in bamboo cane: p. 235, Fig. 391.