Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
Dish

Public Domain

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

CultureGerman

Titles

Dish

Datec. 1765–1770

MediumHard-paste porcelain

Dimensions2 3/8 × 15 1/8 in. diameter (6 × 38.4 cm)

Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by the Rienzi Society

Object number2019.697.2

Current Location

Rienzi

Rienzi Dining Room

Exposé

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Department

Rienzi

Object Type

CERAMICS

Provenance[Galerie Hugo Helbing, Munich, 10th December 1927, sale from noble collections, lot 303]; [Richard Gabrielski, Stuttgart, May 1950]; Mr David Lewis Smith, Littleton, MA; [Skinner’s Auctions, Boston, 18 July 1998, lot 317]; [Errol Manners, London, 1998]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in gothic script within a berried wreath: Es Lebe die Hochlöbliche Punch Gesellschafft
(Long Live the Highly Esteemed Punch Society).

Marked with Meissen mark: crossed swords and dot marks
The bowl with Pressnummer 10
The dish with Pressnummer 34 and incised Dreher’s mark of four short lines to the footrim.

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