Höchst
(Germany 1750–1796)
- Title
- Tea service
- Year
- circa 1770
- Media category
- Ceramic
- Materials used
- hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions
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tray 3.7 x 30.3 x 26.4 cm; teapot 9.1 x 12.5 x 8.0; cover 3.0 x 4.7 cm diam; height with cover 11.4 cm; milk jug 8.9 x 8.7 x 6.8 cm; sugar bowl 5.3 x 7.0 cm diam; cover 4.0 x 7.8 cm; combined height 8.7 cm; cup 5.0 x 8.5 x 6.9 cm; saucer 2.6 x 12.3 cm diam
- Credit
- On loan from Kenneth Reed
- Accession number
- L2012.136.a-h
- Location
- 18th c European porcelain
- Further information
The painted scenes are by two different hands. One painter was responsible for the tray and saucer. These have scenes featuring Flora and Ceres, the goddesses associated with spring and summer. The second painter has produced scenes on the teapot, sugar bowl and cup which have unspecific gods and goddesses without identifying attributes.
- Bibliography (1)
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Richard Beresford (England; Australia) (Author), Eighteenth - Century European Porcelain in the Kenneth Reed collection, Sydney, 2012, 79 (colour illus.). cat.no. 93
