Beaker
manufacturer Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710)
c. 1745–1750
- Medium
- porcelain
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 11 x 8 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
- Culture
- Germany, Meissen, 18th century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- Gift of A. & R. Ball
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
In an effort to rejuvenate its style of decoration, the Meissen factory acquired a large group of French engravings about 1740. During the next decade, figural decorations in the style of Antoine Watteau and his followers became a typical mode of decoration on Meissen pporcelain.
