BR62.105: Dessert plate from the "Duke Carl I of Braunschweig Service"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR62.105

People

Manufactured by Fürstenberg Porcelain Factory, German (founded 1747)
Designed by Simon Feilner, German (1726 - 1798)
Painted by Pascha Johann Friedrich Weitsch, German (1723 - 1803)
Painted by Johann Friedrich von Metzsch, German (1706 - 1766)

Title

Dessert plate from the "Duke Carl I of Braunschweig Service"

Other Titles

Title: Plate from the Herzog Carl service

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

c. 1758

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Lower Saxony

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/222967

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

22.3 cm (8 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• manufacturer's mark: bottom, underglaze blue: F
• label: bottom, sticker: inscribed in black ink with accession number, 1963.105, crossed out and replaced with 1962.105
• label: bottom, inscribed with black ink: Fürstenberg, 1755-60

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Dr. Hans Syz, Greens Farms, Connecticut, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1962

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Dr. Hans Syz

Accession Year

1962

Object Number

BR62.105

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/01/2022 - 07/06/2025

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