id:			128835
accession number:	1951.451.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.451.a
updated:		2024-03-27 11:00:50.118000

Pilgrim Bottle, c. 1715. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710). Polished red stoneware, silver-gilt mounts; overall: 15.9 x 9.6 cm (6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1951.451.a

title:				Pilgrim Bottle
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creation date:			c. 1715
creation date earliest:		1710
creation date latest:		1720
current location:		216A French and German
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Germany, Meissen, 18th century
technique:	polished red stoneware, silver-gilt mounts
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.
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measurements: Overall: 15.9 x 9.6 cm (6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Conserving the Past for the Future
	opening date:   2001-03-04T00:00:00
	<i>Conserving the Past for the Future</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-May 6, 2001).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1951
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH
	date: 1951–
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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. 311
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n61

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 129
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n153

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 129
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n153

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 164
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n184

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jenifer Neils. T<em>he World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: The Museum in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 55, no. 57
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	Von Spee, Clarissa. "China's Southern Paradise: Treasures From the Lower Yangzi Delta At the Cleveland Museum of Art." <em>Arts of Asia (</em>Winter 2023): 98-104.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 104, fig. 10
	url:		

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