Factory:
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Decorator:
Busch, August Otto Ernst von dem
Hard-paste porcelain, diamond-point engraved and coloured black. The pot has an ovoid body with a harp-shaped handle with two thumb rests and a kick at the bottom, an upward tilting, slightly curved spout with an acanthus leaf on the upper and lower sides, and a monster's eye and mouth at its tip. The circular, slightly domed cover has a knob in the shape of a flower on a stalk with one leaf, and beside it, a ventilation hole. One side of the pot is decorated with a hound running to the left, with a tree and a tree trunk and foliage on the right, and a flowering plant on the left. The other side has a wild boar running to the left, with a flowering plant on the right, and a fir tree and a broken fir trunk on the left. The cover is decorated with a rose, a tulip, and a winged insect.
History note: Uncertain before Mrs W.D. (Frances Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Height: 11 cm
Length: 18.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1942) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, third quarter
Circa
1755
CE
-
1765
CE
Canon August Otto Ernst von dem Busch (1704-79) executed distinctively etched decoration on porcelain made at the Meissen Porcelain Factory
Decoration composed of black pigment
Glazing : Hard-paste porcelain, glazed, etched, and coloured black
Accession number: EC.32 & A-1942
Primary reference Number: 140426
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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