Helmet-ewer with armorials in the manner of F.F.Mayer of Pressnitz
Manufacturer
Royal Porcelain Manufactory
(German, founded 1763)
CultureGerman
OriginBerlin, Berlin, Germany
PeriodFrederick the Great (1740-1786)
Datec.1765
Mediumhard-paste porcelain, enamel, and gold.
DimensionsOverall: 18 x 9.5 x 17.4 cm (7 1/16 x 3 3/4 x 6 7/8 in.)
MarkingsSceptre mark in underglaze blue; incised III
DescriptionA Berlin armorial Hausmalerei ewer of helmet-shape, waved and fluted with a scroll handle edged in puce and with a lambrequin border. Is is painted with the crowned arms of Saxony and Poland within gilt foliate cartouche. It is above a shepherdess seated with some of her flock and with another playing a harp in a continuous landscape with trees. It is painted iron-red, green and yellow flower-sprays between chocolate lines.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.784
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
German Porcelain - HausmalereiCollections
Status
Not on view
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