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1938

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2015

2025

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Part of a Flower Container Container

This is a Container. It was manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated ca. 1740 and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is porcelain (possibly soft paste), vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 23.5 × 37 × 17 cm (9 1/4 × 14 9/16 × 6 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Unmarked

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Part of a Flower Container Container; Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Germany); porcelain (possibly soft paste), vitreous enamel, gold; H x W x D: 23.5 × 37 × 17 cm (9 1/4 × 14 9/16 × 6 11/16 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-557

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