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Saucer

Made by: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1730
Object Place: Europe, Germany

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions Overall: 4.1cm (1 5/8in.)
Other (Overall): 14.9cm (5 7/8in.)
Credit Line Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2086
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionWhite deep dish stylized lotus leaf shape, center with royal coat of arms of Augustus King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, some floral decoration in Kakiemon style.
Marks Crossed swords in black overglaze.
Incised Johanneum mark: "N = 336 / W"
InscriptionsIncised Johanneum mark: "N = 336 / W"
ProvenanceJapanese Palace, Dresden. Forsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.