id:			128088
accession number:	1951.103
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.103
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:17.521000

Plate from the Swan Service, c. 1737–1741. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710), Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1768). Porcelain; diameter: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Thirty-fifth anniversary gift from Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc. 1951.103

title:				Plate from the Swan Service
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creation date:			c. 1737–1741
creation date earliest:		1732
creation date latest:		1746
current location:		216A French and German
creditline:			Thirty-fifth anniversary gift from Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc.
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culture:	Germany, Meissen, 18th century
technique:	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 Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1768)  - designed by

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measurements: Diameter: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		35th Anniversary Exhibition
	opening date:   1951-06-20T04:00:00
	<i>35th Anniversary Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	made for Count Heinrich Brühl.  Count Szembek, Palais Brühl, Warsaw, Poland, a direct descendant of the Brühl family; (Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 312
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n61

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IMAGES

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