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Ewer representing water

Made at: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
19th century
Object Place: Europe, Germany

Medium/Technique Hard-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions 35.56 x 19.05 cm (14 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number58.42
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsCeramicsPorcelain

DescriptionHandle of bound rushes; putto with flowered scarf on shell at top; shell modeling on long lip and for seated Neptune at right front, 4 horses heads and forefeet in high relief below; ship in relief and painted turtle on front side, waves opposite. Mermaid below handle (end of tail and two fingers broken), serpent (head gone), dolphins on oval base (screwed on) with polychrome rushes in relief. Mark: crossed swords, blue, under foot.
Provenance1958, Glueckselig and Son, New York; 1958 sold to the MFA for $1,350.00 (Accession Date: February 13, 1958)

NOTES:
[1] MFA accession numbers 58.41 and 58.42 were purchased together for this price.