BR58.27.B: Saucer
VesselsA 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
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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
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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
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- 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
- Permissions
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