BR58.28: Cup

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR58.28

People

Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
Christian Friedrich Herold, German (Berlin (?) 1700 - 1779 Meissen (?))

Title

Cup

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

1725-30

Places

Creation Place: Europe, Germany, Meissen

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/223488

Location

Location

Level 1, Room 1510, Modern and Contemporary Art, Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums

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Physical Descriptions

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain decorated with polychrome enamels and gold

Dimensions

4.4 x 7.8 cm (1 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: bottom, gold paint: 79. [gilder's mark]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Ilse Bischoff, Hartland, VT, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 1958

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Ilse Bischoff

Accession Year

1958

Object Number

BR58.28

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• "Meissen Porcelain 1710-1754", Ceramic Bulletin of the China Students' Club of Boston, 1, no. 3, 1966, p. 13

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2340 Cabinet Gallery, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 09/24/2019
• Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/01/2022 - 07/06/2025

Subjects and Contexts

• Google Art Project

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