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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1928.130
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Cup
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1774-1814
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Dresden
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231410

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hard-paste porcelain with feldspathic glaze
Dimensions
3.8 × 6 cm (1 1/2 × 2 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mrs. Edward P. Bliss, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1928

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Edward P. Bliss
Accession Year
1928
Object Number
1928.130
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
No handle. Painted design of gold with floral garlands. Gold painted around foot. Painted purple flower inside bottom. Footed. Mark on bottom, painted in blue before glazing, appears to be crossed swords with asterisk beneath, indicating Dresden porcelain of the Marcolini period (1774-1814).

Publication History

  • William Chaffers, Marks & Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain, Borden Publishing Company (Los Angeles, CA, 1946), p. 480

Verification Level

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