Plate

Manufactory Ansbach Pottery and Porcelain Manufactory German

Joachim Leonhard Wolff German

ca. 1730

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533

The design, unique to Ansbach, is known as the "carp pond" pattern.

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Title: Plate
Manufactory: Ansbach Pottery and Porcelain Manufactory (German, 1758–1860)
Artist: Joachim Leonhard Wolff (1700–1800)
Date: ca. 1730
Culture: German, Ansbach
Medium: Faience (tin-glazed earthenware)
Dimensions: H. 1-7/16 in. (3.7 cm); Diam. 10-3/16 in. (25.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Pottery
Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1950
Object Number: 50.211.188
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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