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Covered Jug and Basin

c. 1765

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Meissen Porcelain Factory

(German, est. c. 1710)

Germany, Meissen, 18th century

Porcelain with gilt metal mounts

Overall: 20.5 x 15.5 x 12.3 cm (8 1/16 x 6 1/8 x 4 13/16 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.183

Location

216A French and German

Artist biography

Meissen Porcelain Factory

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.

Provenance

(James A. Lewis & Sons, Inc, New York); Severance A. Millikin, Cleveland, 1954.

Citations

Hawley, Henry. "European Porcelain: The Millikin Collection." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 1 (1993): 3-35. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 22-23 www.jstor.org

Exhibition history

The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

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