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)

    Chocolate pot

  • 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

    • mark
    • factory 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

  • 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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