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Plate
Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1760
Object Place: Europe, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard paste porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration, gilding
Dimensions
3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William A. Coolidge
Accession Number1993.59.85
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionWithin reserves bordered by puce and yellow colored rococo cartouches are naturalistically painted scenes of animals on abbreviated plateau, birds on small trees or branches.
ProvenanceBy 1965, Antique Porcelain Company, New York; October 20, 1965, sold by the Antique Porcelain Company to William Appleton Coolidge (b. 1901 - d. 1992), Topsfield and Cambridge, MA; 1993, bequest of William Appleton Coolidge to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 27, 1993)