id:			97993
accession number:	1917.624
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.624
updated:		2024-03-26 01:56:22.931000

Pair of Salt Cellars from the Sulkowsky Service, c. 1736. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710), Johann Friedrich Eberlein (German, 1696–1749). Hard-paste porcelain; overall: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness 1917.624

title:				Pair of Salt Cellars from the Sulkowsky Service
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creation date:			c. 1736
creation date earliest:		1731
creation date latest:		1741
current location:		216A French and German
creditline:			Bequest of Mary Warden Harkness
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culture:	Germany, Meissen, 18th century
technique:	hard-paste porcelain
department:	Decorative Art and Design
collection:	Decorative Arts
type:		Ceramic
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CREATORS

* Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710)  - manufacturer
the first and for half a century the best in Europe. It set a high standard which was emulated everywhere, even in China. Founded in 1710 as the Royal Saxon Porcelain Manufacture by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, at Meissen, near Dresden.
* Johann Friedrich Eberlein (German, 1696–1749)  - modeled by

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measurements: Overall: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Geometric Forms in Art
	opening date:   1972-02-11T05:00:00
	<i>Geometric Forms in Art</i>. Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11-May 12, 1972).

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Bequest of Mrs. Charles W. Harkness." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 4, no. 4 (1917): 63.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 63
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25136090

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