id: 125331 accession number: 1947.284 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.284 updated: 2024-03-26 01:58:05.548000 Beaker, c. 1745–1750. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710). Porcelain; diameter: 11 x 8 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of A. & R. Ball 1947.284 title: Beaker title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1745–1750 creation date earliest: 1740 creation date latest: 1755 current location: creditline: Gift of A. & R. Ball copyright: --- culture: Germany, Meissen, 18th century technique: porcelain department: Decorative Art and Design collection: Decorative Arts type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- 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. --- measurements: Diameter: 11 x 8 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Visions of Landscape: East and West opening date: 1982-02-17T05:00:00 Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE (A. & R. Ball, New York). date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.284/1947.284_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.284/1947.284_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.284/1947.284_full.tif