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Soup plate
Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
18th century
about 1740
Object Place: Europe, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain, colored enamels
Dimensions
4.44 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Accession Number55.420
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionDeep well, flaring rim modeled in basket pattern, upright brown edge. Sprigs of flowers & "wheat-sheafs" in center, in gray-green, orange & blue. (sheafs are perhaps the oriental pattern of fences).
Provenance1955, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession date: June 9, 1955)