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Sugar Caster with Cover (one of a pair)

A work made of hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding.

Date:

c. 1737

Artist:

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
German, founded 1710
Modeled by Johann J. Kandler (German, 1706-1775)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Artist

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (Manufacturer)

Title

Sugar Caster with Cover (one of a pair)

Place

Meissen (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1732–1742

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding

Dimensions

19.7 × 8.9 × 7.7 cm (7 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 in.)

Credit Line

Purchased from Kate Foster E. Sussex, England. Louise D. Smith Fund. Edward Byron Smith Charitable Fund. Robert Allerton Fund. Mrs. Edward I. Rothschild Fund. R. T. Crane, Jr. Fund

Reference Number

1984.1229a-b

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