Tea bowl and saucer
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded 1710)
CultureGerman
OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany
PeriodAugustus II (1694-1733)
Datec.1720; decorated in Dresden, c.1725-1730
MediumBöttger porcelain, gold leaf, and thrown.
DimensionsOverall (G83.1.580.1): 4.4 x 7.3 cm (1 3/4 x 2 7/8 in.)
Overall (G83.1.580.2): 3/4 x 5 3/16 in. (1.9 x 13.1 cm)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionA Böttger porcelain tea bowl and saucer with raised gilding associated with C.K. Hunger. The bowl with a standing bear, a hound, and two huntsmen hunting a hare on the inside of the rim. The saucer has a border of floral garlands enclosing a bird in the centre.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.580.1-2
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
German PorcelainStatus
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.1a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.2a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1720; decorated in Breslau, c.1745
Object number: G83.1.835.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1720; decorated at Augsburg, c.1735
Object number: G83.1.796.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1720; decorated in Breslau, c.1730
Object number: G83.1.790.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1725-1730
Object number: G83.1.595.1a-b-2a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1725; later decorated
Object number: G83.1.825.1-2
Artist / Maker: Johann Joachim Kretzchmar
c.1714-1720, decoration possibly later
Object number: G83.1.581
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1720; decorated in Bayreuth c.1740
Object number: G83.1.745.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1720; decorated in Bayreuth c.1740
Object number: G83.1.746.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1722-1725
Object number: G83.1.655a-b