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Saucer
Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1723
Object Place: Europe, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain, enamels, gilding, and luster highlights
Dimensions
2.4 cm (15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2139
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionCenter cartouche shape reserve, with painting of seated male, standing woman and child (with wings?), architectural scene in background. Gilded scroll work on border - white ground.
Marks
Mark: underglaze " [inscription] " in gold.
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA.