id:			130032
accession number:	1952.452
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.452
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:25.947000

Beaker, before 1720. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710). Porcelain, interior gilded; diameter: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.); overall: 9.1 x 6.9 cm (3 9/16 x 2 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of his wife, Florence Ellsworth Wilson 1952.452

title:				Beaker
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creation date:			before 1720
creation date earliest:		1700
creation date latest:		1720
current location:		216A French and German
creditline:			Gift of R. Thornton Wilson in memory of his wife, Florence Ellsworth Wilson
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culture:	Germany, Meissen, early 18th century
technique:	porcelain, interior gilded
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: Diameter: 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.); Overall: 9.1 x 6.9 cm (3 9/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Cathay Invoked: Chinoiserie, A Celestial Empire in the West
	opening date:   1966-06-10T04:00:00
	<i>Cathay Invoked: Chinoiserie, A Celestial Empire in the West</i>. Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (organizer) (June 10-July 31, 1966).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	R. Thornton Wilson, New York.
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