Oil pot

Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German

ca. 1735–40

Not on view

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Title: Oil pot
Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
Date: ca. 1735–40
Culture: German, Meissen
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions: Height: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: The George B. McClellan Collection, Gift of Mrs. George B. McClellan, 1941
Object Number: 42.205.95a, b
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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