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Teapot
Meissen porcelain factory
1730-1745
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Meissen porcelain factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Dresden; Saxony; Germany; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
Museum Object Number
1955.0136.005 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
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Object Number
1955.0136.005 A, B
Object Name
Teapot
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Meissen porcelain factory (Maker)
Place of Origin
Dresden; Saxony; Germany; Europe
Date
1730-1745
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Pair of crossed swords in underglaze blue
Mark/Signature: Yes
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
Techniques
- Thrown
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
3.287 (H) x 5.512 (L) x 2.9528 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
8.35 (H) x 14 (L) x 7.5 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Cummer Gallery of Art. 1984 The Wark Collection of Early Meissen Porcelain.
• Similar shape, handle, and spout on Bottger (Meissen) pot: no. 40, relief prunus ornament, with crossed swords & impressed 4 marks. c. 1740Book: Menzhausen, Ingelore. 1990 Early Meissen Porcelain in Dresden.
• Similar shape, handle, and spout on Meissen porcelain teapot with European figural scene in enamels: no. 67, probably decorated by Adam Friedrich von Lowenfinck, c. 1735