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Allegories of Sight, Touch and Taste- "Allegory of Sight"

Manufacturer (German, 1755 - 1799)
CultureGerman
OriginFrankenthal, Palatinate, Germany
Datec.1770-1775
MediumHard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels
DimensionsOverall: 16 x 12.6 x 6 cm (6 5/16 x 4 15/16 x 2 3/8 in.)
MarkingsCrowned CT monogram in underglaze blue
DescriptionFrankenthal figural group, "Allegory of Sight", modelled by Karl Gottlieb Luck.
Credit LineThe Hans Syz Collection
Object numberG96.5.175
Classifications
European Ceramics
Sub-classification
German Porcelain
Status
On view
Allegories of Sight, Touch and Taste- "Allegory of Taste"
Artist / Maker: Frankenthal Porcelain Factory
c.1770-75
Object number: G96.5.177
Allegories of Sight, Touch and Taste- "Allegory of Touch"
Artist / Maker: Frankenthal Porcelain Factory
c.1770-75
Object number: G96.5.176
Figural group of "Allegory of Summer"
Artist / Maker: Ludwigsburg Factory
c.1770
Object number: G96.5.296
Figural group emblematic of  Autumn
Artist / Maker: Fürstenberg Porcelain Company
c.1780
Object number: G96.5.201
Figure in Chinese costume
Artist / Maker: Frankenthal Porcelain Factory
c.1770
Object number: G96.5.174
Figure of a nurse and child
Artist / Maker: Höchst Porcelain Factory
c.1780
Object number: G96.5.242
Bowl with the five senses painted by F.F.Mayer of Pressnitz
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1760
Object number: G83.1.783
Presentation Plate
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1735; decorated in Breslau, c.1740
Object number: G83.1.738
Spring
Artist / Maker: Kassel Porcelain Factory
c.1769-1780
Object number: G96.5.168
Figural group with birds and "birdcage"
Artist / Maker: Fürstenberg Porcelain Company
c.1770
Object number: G96.5.200
Figural group with Venus
Artist / Maker: Fürstenberg Porcelain Company
c.1782
Object number: G96.5.202
Figural group of seven figures
Artist / Maker: Volkstedt
c.1790
Object number: G96.5.358