Chocolate pot - From the service for Clemens August of Bavaria, elector of Cologne
| Accession Nr.: | 5870.a-b |
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| Artist/Maker: |
Kändler, Johann Joachim (1706 - 1775) |
| Manufacturer: | Meissen porcelain factory |
| Place of production: | Meissen |
| Inscription: | alján kék kardjegy; masszába nyomva: 26. |
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| Materials: | porcelain |
| Techniques: | gilded; painted in polychrome overglaze |
| Dimensions: |
height: 14 cm
base diameter: 8x6,5 cm
height: 17,2 cm
maximum width: 11,5 cm
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The pear-shaped, ribbed body is jointed in the middle and below the top its spout is decorated with a mask. The handle is composed of three curves with scroll ends the ribbed foot is also jointed. The domed, ribbed cover ends in a finial shaping a pineapple. The top rim has a slot for the spoon. Along the middle joint and the rim of the cover are moulded shells. The body is painted with two polychrome bunches of flowers, insects, and small scattered flowers. The front shows the initials CA (for Clemens August of Bavaria) in gold, outlined with black, in a ribbon framework ensigned by a crown. Marked on the bottom with a double blue sword under glaze, and an impressed 26.
Literature
- Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 6.152. (Katona Imre)
- Nékám Lajosné: Meisseni porcelán a Budapesti Iparművészeti Múzeum gyűjteményében. Corvina Kiadó, Budapest, 1980. - Nr. 18
- Sammlung des Königl. ungar. Hofrats Gustav von Gerhardt, Budapest. Versteigerung. I. Kunstgewerbe. Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, 1911.
