Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
Fourteen Bowls

Public Domain

ManufacturerManufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory(Meissen, Germany, established 1710)Meissen, Germany, established 1710

ArtistDesign for molded decoration attributed to Frederick the Great of Prussiaand (Prussian, 1712–1786)Prussian, 1712–1786

Designerin consultation with Karl Jacob Christian Klipfel(German, 1727–1802)German, 1727–1802

CultureGerman

Titles

Fourteen Bowls
from the "Mollendorff" Service

Datec. 1761

PlaceMeissen, Germany

MediumHard-paste porcelain

DimensionsEach: 1 3/4 × 9 5/8 × 9 3/4 in. (4.4 × 24.4 × 24.8 cm)

Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, bequest of Caroline Wiess Law

Object number2004.1370.6-.19

Non exposé

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Department

Rienzi

Object Type

CERAMICS

ProvenanceGeneral Wichard Joachin Heinrich von Möllendorff, c. 1761; by descent Counts Wilamowitz-Mollendorff; [...]; [Christies, New York]; purchased by Caroline Wiess Law, November, 1977; bequeathed to MFAH, 2004.
Exhibition History"English Taste: The Art of Dining in the Eighteenth Century," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 17 September 2011 - 29 January 2012.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Blue crossed swords on the underside.

Impressed # on the the underside: "22"

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