Beaker
The large number of beakers without handles or with one or two handles made by Du Paquier were likely used for chocolate and coffee. Records show that they were purchased by members of the nobility as well as by coffeehouse owners and Turkish merchants. This beautifully decorated beaker bears the coats of arms of Count Johann Anton Ernst von Gurland, imperial councilor and high commissioner of the Provincial Estates, and his wife. It must have been made before the count’s death in 1728.
Artwork Details
- Title: Beaker
- Manufactory: Vienna
- Factory director: Claudius Innocentius Du Paquier period (1718–1744)
- Date: ca. 1725–28
- Culture: Austrian, Vienna
- Medium: Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold
- Dimensions: Height: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: The Hans Syz Collection, Gift of Stephan B. Syz and John D. Syz, 1995
- Object Number: 1995.268.301
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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