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Soup plate from "Red Dragon" service
Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1735-1740
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 3.7 x 23.7 cm (1 7/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.2034
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionPlate from the "Red Dragon" service of Prince Elector Augustus the Strong. White ground, border decorated with 2 dragons -separated by two ribbon and parchment rolls designs. Center design comprised of two circling phoenix birds. Iron red and gold.
Marks
Crossed swords underglaze blue, two incised slashes on the rim
ProvenanceFebruary 20, 1943, sold by Paul Drey (dealer), New York, to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 24, 1965)