id:			154553
accession number:	1989.180
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1989.180
updated:		2023-11-30 18:20:15.169000

Covered Box, c. 1750. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710). Porcelain mounted in silver with traces of gilding; overall: 16.3 cm (6 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.180

title:				Covered Box
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creation date:			c. 1750
creation date earliest:		1745
creation date latest:		1755
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creditline:			Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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culture:	Germany, Meissen, 18th century
technique:	porcelain mounted in silver with traces of gilding
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: 16.3 cm (6 7/16 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(A. & R. Ball, New York); Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, 1955.
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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. 18-19
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161384

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