Cup

Factory director Possibly Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period Austrian

Decorator Hausmauler decoration perhaps in the circle of Johann Friedrich Metzsch

ca. 1735

Not on view

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Title: Cup
Factory director: Possibly Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period (1718–1744)
Decorator: Hausmauler decoration perhaps in the circle of Johann Friedrich Metzsch (active Bayreuth ca. 1744–48, died 1766)
Date: ca. 1735
Culture: German, Meissen
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions: 3 × 2 5/8 in. (7.6 × 6.7 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Object Number: 1974.356.386
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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