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Beaker
Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1730
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 8.2 x 8.9 cm (3 1/4 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2081
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
Description1 of 2 beakers with gently swelling sides rising from a simple foot ring. Each with two figures in Kakiemon style with flowers and insects, rims painted brown.
Marks
Crossed swords with pommels in overglaze blue enamel. Small "Ritzmark" incised on the inside of the foot rim.
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)