Parts of a Service, Known as the ‘Swan Service’

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, 1742

These pieces are part of one of the most famous services produced by the Meissen Porcelain Factory. It was ordered by Count Heinrich von Brühl, a statesman and the factory’s director. Scenes of swans occur on almost every one of the more than 2200 parts. On display are a dish, a sauceboat, and the base of the plat-de-ménage (centrepiece). The large basket decorated with figures that stood on it has been lost.

  • Artwork typeeating & drinking utensils, sauceboat
  • Object numberBK-1977-9
  • Dimensionsheight 15.7 cm x width 24.5 cm x depth 11 cm

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Parts of a Service, Known as the ‘Swan Service’

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-1977-9

  • Description

    Sauskom van het Zwanenservies, van beschilderd porselein. De kom is in reliëf versierd met schelpmotieven, watervogels en -planten en beschilderd met Kakiemon strooibloemen en het alliantiewapen van Heinrich graaf von Brühl (1700-1763) en Maria Anna Franziska von Kolowrat-Krakowska (1717-1762). De sauskom is gemerkt.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    factory mark

Creation

  • Creation

    • porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen
    • porseleinmodelleur: Johann Gottlieb Ehder, Meissen

  • Dating

    1742

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  • Dimensions

    height 15.7 cm x width 24.5 cm x depth 11 cm

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Acquisition and rights

Documentation

    • Jaarverslag van het Rijksmuseum (1977), p. 34, afb. 28.
    • Inzoomer object BK-17473-12 op zaal, 2013 (Nederlands/English).

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  • Parts of a Service, Known as the ‘Swan Service’
  • Parts of a Service, Known as the ‘Swan Service’