About the Artwork
Swan
c. 1740
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
founded 1710
German
Unknown
Hard-paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
3 × 3 7/8 × 2 3/8 inches (7.6 × 9.8 × 6 cm)
Ceramics
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Anonymous bequest
62.82.2
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Faint Meissen factory mark, crossed swords, in blue on unglazed bottom.
Provenance
(Rosenberg and Stiebel, New York, New York, USA)
1952(?)-1962, private collection
1962-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Swan, c. 1740, hard-paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. Detroit Institute of Arts, Anonymous bequest, 62.82.2.
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