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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1928.132
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Cup
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1763
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Dresden
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/231411

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Hard-paste porcelain with feldspathic glaze
Dimensions
4.5 × 6 cm (1 3/4 × 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
1928.132
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Gold lip. Painted inside bottom, inside lip, and around foot. Gold and pink floral design. Mark on bottom appears to be crossed swords, with dot beneath, in blue, applied before glazing; this indicates Dresden porcelain made after 1763.

Publication History

  • William Chaffers, Marks & Monograms on European and Oriental Pottery and Porcelain, Borden Publishing Company (Los Angeles, CA, 1946), p. 479

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