Pilgrim Flask
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded 1710)
CultureGerman
OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany
Datec.1735-1740
MediumHard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels, gilding; gold mounts
DimensionsOverall (G83.1.1037.1-2): 8.7 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm (3 7/16 x 1 1/8 x 1 in.)
MarkingsNone
DescriptionA Meissen yellow-ground gold-mounted flask-flask scent bottle with the masks gilt. The shaped quatrefoil panels to the sides are painted with figures in a frozen Dutch landscape and beside a river within gilt surround. The gadrooned lower part is gilt, and the plain contemporary gold mounts are edged with dentil and with double-looped stopper.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.1037.1-2
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
German PorcelainStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1725-1735; later Louis XVI mounts
Object number: G83.1.1036.1-2
Artist / Maker: Fürstenberg Porcelain Company
c.1760
Object number: G83.1.1056
Artist / Maker: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
c.1755
Object number: G83.1.983.1-.2
