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A white plate featuring a scalloped edge with a gold rim. The plate has relief flowers around the rim and in the bowl of the vessel. There are four flower groupings around the rim, with one flower group in the center of the plate.

A white plate featuring a scalloped edge with a gold rim. The plate has relief flowers around the rim and in the bowl of the vessel. There are four flower groupings around the rim, with one flower group in the center of the plate. The flowers are purple, yellow, and blue.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
BR62.101
People
Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
Designed by Johann Friedrich Eberlein, German (Dresden 1695 - 1749 Meissen)
Title
Plate with "Gotzkowsky" pattern
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1745
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Meissen
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/222983

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
Technique
Mold-made
Dimensions
diameter: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: bottomm, underglaze blue: [crossed swords]
  • inscription: bottom, sticker, black ink : Meissen 1745-50 373.c
  • maker's mark: bottom, incised: 16 [mark of thrower/modeler]
  • manufacturer's mark: bottom, incised: [three parallel marks] [indicating that the piece had firing flaws (which may account for the substandard paint quality)]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. Hans Syz, Greens Farms, Connecticut, 1943, 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
BR62.101
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Francesca Casadio, Anikó Bezur, Kelly Domoney, Katherine Eremin, Lynn Lee, Jennifer Mass, Andrew Shortland, and Nicholas Zumbulyadis, "X-ray fluorescence applied to overglaze enamel decoration on eighteenth- and nineteenth century porcelain from central Europe", Studies in Conservation (London, 2012), 57, 61-72.

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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