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Chocolate pot
Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1735 - c. 1740
Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, c. 1735–1740 hard-paste porcelain, silver gilt, ebony
- Artwork typechocolate pot, eating & drinking utensils
- Object numberBK-17436
- Dimensionsheight 17.5 cm x width 15.2 cm x width 26.9 cm x diameter 11.1 cm
- Physical characteristicsporselein, verguld zilver en ebbenhout


Identification
Title(s)
- Chocoladekan
- Chocoladekan met deksel, veelkleurig beschilderd met chinoiserieën
Object type
Object number
BK-17436
Description
Chocoladekan met deksel, van beschilderd porselein. De kan heeft een ebbenhouten handvat en is rondom versierd met een Höroldt-chinoiserie. Het deksel heeft een verguld zilveren hengsel en een draaibare ebbenhouten knop op een vergulde zilveren plaat. De kan is gemerkt.
Inscriptions / marks
- factory mark
- mark
Creation
Creation
porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
Dating
c. 1735 - c. 1740
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Material and technique
Physical description
porselein, verguld zilver en ebbenhout
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 17.5 cm x width 15.2 cm x width 26.9 cm x diameter 11.1 cm
Acquisition and rights
Copyright
Provenance
…; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 5, no. Por 45, Artistic no. 25/14; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, ``O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939´´, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960
Remarks
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
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