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1953

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2015

2024

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Dish with Wavy Border Dish

This is a dish. It was manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated 1774–1814 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan. It is credited Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan.

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 2.9 × 13.5 cm (1 1/8 × 5 5/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] double crossed swords with star beneath handles, painted in blue underglaze (Meissen Porcelain Manufactory mark) [2] a line, painted in underglaze blue [3] "72.", painted in gold overglaze [4] "3", impressed underglaze [5] "A" above "10", impressed underglaze [6] "75" within dashed border, printed in black on rectangular paper label

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Dish with Wavy Border Dish; Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Germany); porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x diam.: 2.9 × 13.5 cm (1 1/8 × 5 5/16 in.); Bequest of Georgiana L. McClellan; 1953-17-21

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