About the Artwork
Vase
between 1860 and 1880
Helene Wolfsohn Factory (Artist) German Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer) German, founded 1710
Hard-paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, and gold
Overall: 9 7/8 × 5 3/4 inches (25.1 × 14.6 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Smyd
F1986.150.A
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Markings
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Marked, on bottom, in underglaze blue: [the cipher for Augustus Rex, Elector of Saxony and founder of the Meissen factory: upper case script AR superimposed]
Provenance
Dr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Smyd
1987-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Haggar, R. THE CONCISE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CONTINENTAL POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. Andre Deutsch, 1960, p. 517, pl. 127A.
Gardner, P. V. MEISSEN AND OTHER GERMAN PORCELAIN IN THE ALFRED DUANE PELL COLLECTION. Washington, D. C.: The Smithsonian Institution, 1956, p. 29.
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attributed to Helene Wolfsohn Factory; Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Vase, between 1860 and 1880, hard-paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, and gold. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Edwin S. Smyd, F1986.150.A.
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