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Title

Two handled beaker and saucer

circa 1740

Artist

Meissen

Germany

1710 –

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  • Details

    Date
    circa 1740
    Media category
    Ceramic
    Materials used
    hard-paste porcelain
    Dimensions
    beaker 7.2 x 10.8 x 7.9 cm; saucer 2.9 x 12.9 cm diam; combined height 8.1 cm :

    a - beaker, 7.2 x 10.8 x 7.9 cm

    b - saucer, 2.9 x 12.9 cm

    Credit
    On loan from Kenneth Reed
    Location
    Not on display
    Accession number
    L2012.46.a-b
    Copyright

    Reproduction requests

    Artist information
    Meissen

    Works in the collection

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  • About

    The sides are decorated with stylised flowers of the kind known at Meissen as Indianische Blumen (oriental flowers). The purple ground has been erased in an area corresponding exactly to that in which the flowers were subsequently painted.

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