Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
Figure of a Swan

CultureGerman
Titles
  • Figure of a Swan
Datec. 1740–1745
MediumHard-paste porcelain
Dimensions8 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (21.9 × 16.5 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase funded by The Brown Foundation, Inc., and by exchange, Mr. and Mrs. Harris Masterson III
Object number2001.87
Current Location
Rienzi
Ballroom
On view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
Provenance[Michelle Beiny, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2001.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Crossed swords

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Plate (from the Swan Service)
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1737–1741
Hard-paste porcelain
94.950
Miniature Swan
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
second half of the 18th century
Hard-paste porcelain
94.946.6
Figure of Columbine
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1760
Hard-paste porcelain
96.1627
Figure of a Boy Farmer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1750
Hard-paste porcelain
94.947
Figure of a Harlequin
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1760
Hard-paste porcelain
96.1599
Figure of a Shepherdess
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1765
Hard-paste porcelain
96.1535
Chess Figure of a Queen
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
18th century
Hard-paste porcelain
74.202
Mounted Vase
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
Porcelain c. 1740, ormolu c. 1755–1760
Hard-paste porcelain and gilt-bronze
2021.371
Twelve Plates
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1761
Hard-paste porcelain
2004.1370.20-.31
Fourteen Bowls
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1761
Hard-paste porcelain
2004.1370.6-.19
Set of jars and vases
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1750
Hard-paste porcelain
84.437.1-.5
Four Serving Platters
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1761
Hard-paste porcelain
2004.1370.2-.5