Details
| Manufacturer | Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, founded 1710 |
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| Designer | after a model by Johann Friedrich Eberlein, German, 1696-1749 |
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| Date | between 1738 and 1741 |
| Medium | hard-paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold |
| Dimensions | Overall: 3 × 13 5/8 × 9 5/8 inches (7.6 × 34.6 × 24.4 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ford II Fund |
| Accession Number | 58.168.2 |
| Department | European Sculpture and Dec Arts |
| On View | Decorative Arts S3B, Level 3 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Marks | Marks, on bottom, in underglaze blue: [crossed swords; Meissen factory mark] Marks, impressed on bottom edge: 27 Marks, on oval paper sticker: 3242 |
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Provenance
(Rosenberg & Stiebel, New York, New York, USA);
1958-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1958-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Schnorr von Carolsfeld, L. Porzellan der Europaischen Fabriken Des 18. Jahrhunderts: Bibliothek fur Kunst und Antiquitatensammler, bd. 3. Berlin, 1912, no. 32, p. 62 (ill.).
Schnorr von Carolsfeld, L. Porzellan der Europaischen Fabriken: Bibliothek fur Kunst und Antiquitatensammler, bd. 3. Braunschweig, 1956, no. 68, p. 119 (ill.).
Albiker, C. Die Meissner Porzellantiere Im IM 18. Jahrhundert. Berlin, 1959, nos. 279, 281, pl. LXIX.
Schwanenservice. Meissner Porzellan Für Heinrich Graf von Brühl. Exh. cat., Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Dresden, 2000, p. 167. [mentioned in cat. no. 23]
Schnorr von Carolsfeld, L. Porzellan der Europaischen Fabriken: Bibliothek fur Kunst und Antiquitatensammler, bd. 3. Braunschweig, 1956, no. 68, p. 119 (ill.).
Albiker, C. Die Meissner Porzellantiere Im IM 18. Jahrhundert. Berlin, 1959, nos. 279, 281, pl. LXIX.
Schwanenservice. Meissner Porzellan Für Heinrich Graf von Brühl. Exh. cat., Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. Dresden, 2000, p. 167. [mentioned in cat. no. 23]
