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Allegorical Figure Depicting Putti as "Europe" and "America" Figure

This is a figure. It was manufactured by Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory and Ludwigsburg Pottery & Porcelain Factory. It is dated late 18th century and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Estate of James Hazen Hyde. It is credited Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 17 × 13 × 10 cm (6 11/16 × 5 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] "No.4", incised underglaze [2] "No.5", written in pencil [3] glue remnant of a rectangular label

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Allegorical Figure Depicting Putti as "Europe" and "America" Figure; Manufactured by Fürstenberg Porcelain Manufactory (Germany), Ludwigsburg Pottery & Porcelain Factory; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x W x D: 17 × 13 × 10 cm (6 11/16 × 5 1/8 × 3 15/16 in.); Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde; 1960-1-48

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