Plate or bowl (Soup plate or bowl)

  • Category:

    Ceramics

  • Creator (Role):

    Meissen porcelain factory (Maker)

    Johann Balthasar Borrmann (Probable decorator)

  • Place of Origin:

    Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

  • Date:

    1772-1774

  • Materials:

    Porcelain (hard-paste)

  • Techniques:

    Painted, Gilded, Molded

  • Museum Object Number:

    1972.0335.002


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1972.0335.002

Object Name

Plate or bowl (Soup plate or bowl)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of the William P. Harbeson Trust

Creator (Role)

Meissen porcelain factory (Maker)
1710

Johann Balthasar Borrmann (Probable decorator)
1725-1784

Place of Origin

Dresden, Saxony, Germany, Europe

Date

1772-1774

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside; Crossed swords with a dot between the hilts in underglaze blue
2. Mark; Underside; Impressed "17"
3. Inscription; Underside; Title hand-inscribed in black enamel script on the reverse "Het Oostindisch Huis te/ Enkhuyzen"
4. Label; Underside; Circular printed paper label inscribed "G.M.59/ W. P. Harbeson/ MEISSEN" in black in handwritten and stamped letters.

Materials

Porcelain (hard-paste)

Techniques

Painted, Gilded, Molded

Dimensions (inches)

1.752 (H) , 9.134 (Diam)

Dimensions (centimeters)

4.45 (H) , 23.2 (Diam)

Object Description

Web - 03/20/2013

This is one of two soup plates at Winterthur which are thought to have formed part of the Stadtholder of Holland service made at Meissen between around 1772 and 1774. The scenes on the service portray Dutch ports and harbors. The view shown here may be of the East India House in Enkhuyzen.