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Mirror Frame
Made by: Eckernförde Manufactory
German
about 1768
Object Place: Eckernförde, Germany
Medium/Technique
Tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Height: 99.19 cm (39 in.); W. 56.5 cm (22 1/4 in.); D. 12.7 cm (5 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.939
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionA Faience rococo mirror frame, in nine sections, vigorously molded with scrolls, enriched with ochre, puce, purple and yellow, and with flowerheads and trailing branches, the whole surmounted by a dragon.
ProvenanceBy 1993, Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2008), New York; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)