Pair of "Turkish" ewers
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded 1710)
CultureGerman
OriginMeissen, Dresden, Germany
PeriodAugustus II (1694-1733)
Dateca.1730
Mediumhard-paste porcelain, enamel, gold, press moulded, and thrown.
DimensionsOverall (G83.1.603.1-2): 20.5 x 13.5 cm (8 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Overall (G83.1.603.3-4): 21.6 x 14.1 x 9.4 cm (8 1/2 x 5 9/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
MarkingsCrossed swords in underglaze blue
DescriptionMeissen 'Turkenkannchen' and covers each with baluster body raised on a short foot and applied with a double-scroll handle and animal-head spout. They are decorated around the body with bands of gilt scrollwork, including panels of estuary scenes in colours and purple camaieu. The central band enriched with flowering Asian-style shrubs. The high domed covers have painted pine-cone finials.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.603.1a-b -2a-b
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
German PorcelainStatus
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1725-1730
Object number: G83.1.595.1a-b-2a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1730
Object number: G83.1.601.1a-b -2 a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1730
Object number: G83.1.600.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1727-1730
Object number: G83.1.596.1-11a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1735
Object number: G83.1.606.1a-b -2a-b
Artist / Maker: Johann Joachim Kretzchmar
ca.1714-1720, decoration possibly later
Object number: G83.1.581
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1740
Object number: G83.1.593.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1740-1745
Object number: G83.1.619.1a-b -2a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1785
Object number: G83.1.636.1-4
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1740
Object number: G83.1.625