Box cover
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1800 - 1850
Materials
Hard paste porcelain
Place of origin
Meissen
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Saltram, Devon
NT 870893.2
Summary
Cover for a box, hard paste porcelain, in a form of a pear with integral rest in the form of bundle of leaves, the handle (missing) with small pear and leaf terminals, Meissen, ca 1750-1800; the pear decorated with naturalistic colours, the stand with applied modelled flowers.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1957 and given to NT by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley as part of the Endowment
Marks and inscriptions
Underside: Marked on the underside of the base; [crossed swords] above '9.' (painted by hand, underglaze blue)
Makers and roles
Meissen Porcelain Factory, potter