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Group of the "Dogs Wedding"
The "Dogs Wedding"
Group of the "Dogs Wedding"
Made by: Höchst Manufactory (Germany)
German
about 1755
Object Place: Höchst, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Height: 21.6 cm (8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Kiyi and Edward M. Pflueger Collection. Bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and Gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger
Accession Number2006.1033
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionWhite group of a poodle and eight other dogs on and around a kennel, blowing horns, bagpipes and howling.
Marks
Factory mark of a wheel and the letter S
Provenance1925, Michel Oppenheim (b. 1886 - d. 1963), Mainz, Germany [see note 1]. By 1964, Edward M. Pflueger (b. 1905 - d. 1997) and Kiyi Powers Pflueger (b. 1915 - d. 2008), New York [see note 2]; 2006, bequest of Edward M. Pflueger and gift of Kiyi Powers Pflueger to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 26, 2006)
NOTES:
[1] Oppenheim lent this to the exhibition "Höchster Porzellan" (Mainz, 1925), cat. no. 169. [2] The Pfluegers lent this to the exhibition "Höchster Fayencen und Porzellane" (Mainz, 1964), cat. no. 65.
NOTES:
[1] Oppenheim lent this to the exhibition "Höchster Porzellan" (Mainz, 1925), cat. no. 169. [2] The Pfluegers lent this to the exhibition "Höchster Fayencen und Porzellane" (Mainz, 1964), cat. no. 65.