Cup with the coats of arms of Saxony and of Poland

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1735 - c. 1740

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, c. 1735–1740 hard-paste porcelain (handle missing)

  • Artwork typecup, eating & drinking utensils
  • Object numberBK-17430
  • Dimensionsheight 4.8 cm x diameter 8 cm
  • Physical characteristicsporselein

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Cup with the coats of arms of Saxony and of Poland

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17430

  • Description

    Kop van beschilderd porselein. De kop is versierd met twee paviljoens met ieder drie zittende Chinezen in half-figuur. Tussen deze paviljoens Chinese stijlfiguren met de wapens van Saksen en Polen. Op een console zit een goldchinees met het monogram AR. De aanwezigheid van het monogram en de wapens doet vermoeden dat de kop vervaardigd is voor August III van Polen (1696-1763). Het oor ontbreekt. De kop is gemerkt.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • factory mark
    • mark: ‘56’

Creation

  • Creation

    porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen

  • Dating

    c. 1735 - c. 1740

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    porselein

  • Dimensions

    height 4.8 cm x diameter 8 cm


Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

  • Provenance

    …; collection Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, 1936;{Von Falke 1936, p. 258, no. Po. 43.} purchased from his estate, 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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