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A white plate with an elaborately decorated rim in gold. The center of the plate has a painted harbor scene surrounded in purple and gold decoration.

A white plate with an elaborately decorated rim in gold. The center of the plate has a painted scene surrounded in purple and gold decoration. The scene features a harbor with ships seen on the left, and people on shore on the right, in front of a cliff. Birds and clouds are seen in the distance.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR58.27.B
People
Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
Painted in the style of Christian Friedrich Herold, German (Berlin (?) 1700 - 1779 Meissen (?))
Title
Saucer
Other Titles
Title: Saucer with harbor scenes
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
cover
Date
c. 1740
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Meissen
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/219532

Location

Location
Level 1, Room 1510, Modern and Contemporary Art, Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold
Dimensions
2.5 × 13 cm (1 × 5 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • maker's mark: bottom, underglaze blue: [crossed swords]
  • maker's mark: bottom: 15. [gilder's mark]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Ilse Bischoff, Hartland, Vermont, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1958

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Ilse Bischoff
Accession Year
1958
Object Number
BR58.27.B
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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