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1923

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2015

2024

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Vase with Biscuit Portrait Medallions Vase

This is a vase. It was manufactured by Höchst Porcelain Factory. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1923. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, biscuit, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 11 × 7 × 7 cm (4 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] wheel with central dot, painted in underglaze blue (Höchst Ceramics Factory mark) [2] "32 . j : R . . N . 18", incised underglaze

It is signed

Unsigned

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Vase with Biscuit Portrait Medallions Vase; Manufactured by Höchst Porcelain Factory (Germany); Germany; hard paste porcelain, biscuit, vitreous enamel, gold; H x W x D: 11 × 7 × 7 cm (4 5/16 × 2 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1923-22-58

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