id:			154547
accession number:	1989.177
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.177
updated:		2024-03-26 02:00:05.130000

Tea Caddy, c. 1735. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710). Porcelain; overall: 10.7 x 7.5 x 5.1 cm (4 3/16 x 2 15/16 x 2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.177

title:				Tea Caddy
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creation date:			c. 1735
creation date earliest:		1730
creation date latest:		1740
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.
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measurements: Overall: 10.7 x 7.5 x 5.1 cm (4 3/16 x 2 15/16 x 2 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Albert Amor, Ltd., London); Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, 1960.
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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. 11
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161384

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IMAGES

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