id:			154541
accession number:	1989.173
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.173
updated:		2025-02-09 04:34:51.406000

Saki Bottles, c. 1730. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710), probably by Johann Gregor Herold (German, 1696–1775). Porcelain; overall: 21.3 x 9.7 cm (8 3/8 x 3 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.173

title:				Saki Bottles
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creation date:			c. 1730
creation date earliest:		1725
creation date latest:		1735
current location:		216A French and German
creditline:			Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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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 Gregor Herold (German, 1696–1775)  - decorated by

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measurements: Overall: 21.3 x 9.7 cm (8 3/8 x 3 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
	opening date:   1990-07-05T04:00:00
	<i>The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	private collection, U.S.; (A. & R. Ball, New York); Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, 1958.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Hawley, Henry. "European Porcelain: The Millikin Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 1 (1993): 3-35.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 8-10
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161384

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