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Saucer
Höchst Porcelain Factory
(Decorator)
GERVEROT, Louis-Victor
(Decorator)
Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, standing on a very short narrow cylindrical foot-rim, curving sides; finely painted in polychrome enamels with to the centre of the well a rustic landscape with two figures, one with a basket of flowers, the other with a bundle of reeds, in the foreground a large log and branches, a gilt edge to the rim. The foot-rim chipped.
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Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35495
Creation/Production
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Role: Production
Role: Decorator
Place: Mainz, Germany
Period: 1771 ca
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 2.8
diam
(cm): 12.6
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
Press-moulded
Forming
Applied Art
Enamelled
Decoration
Applied Art
Gilded
Decoration
Applied Art
Glazed
Decoration
Applied Art
Material
Hard-paste porcelain
Enamel
Gilding
Glaze
Location
Front Hall, North Balcony : Case C
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