Soup Plate

Gallery 369, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Boyer Gallery)

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Soup Plate

1772-1774

Made by the Meissen porcelain factory, Meissen, Germany (1710–present)

This plate is part of a service that the Dutch stadtholder (viceroy or lieutenant governor) Willem V received as a gift from the Dutch East India Company. The service was decorated with landscapes and cityscapes of the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies. The scene on this plate, of the town of Zierikzee, was taken from a print engraved by Jan Caspar Philips (died 1775) after a drawing by Cornelis Pronk (1691-1759).

Gallery 369, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Boyer Gallery)

Object Details

Title:

Soup Plate
From the service of Dutch Stadtholder Willem V

Date:

1772-1774

Artist:

Made by the Meissen porcelain factory, Meissen, Germany (1710–present)

Medium:

Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilt decoration

Dimensions:

1 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches (4.1 x 23.2 cm)

Classification:

Containers

Credit Line:

Bequest of Alfred Duane Pell, 1925

Accession Number:

1925-73-41

Geography:

Made in Meissen, Germany, Europe

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Gallery 369, European Art 1500-1850, third floor (Boyer Gallery)

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