Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
Punch Bowl with Cover

ManufacturerMeissen, Germany, established 1710
CultureGerman
Titles
  • Punch Bowl with Cover
Datec. 1765–1770
MediumHard-paste porcelain
Dimensions10 1/2 × 12 1/4 in. diameter (26.7 × 31.1 cm)
Bowl (.A): 5 7/8 × 11 3/4 in. diameter (14.9 × 29.8 cm)
Lid (.B): 4 3/4 × 12 1/4 in. diameter (12.1 × 31.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by the Rienzi Society
Object number2019.697.1.A,.B
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
Ll 22 Millennium Gallery
On view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
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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