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Spoon tray
Busch, Canon August Otto Ernst von dem (of Hildesheim, 1704-1779.
Busch was an amateur Hausmaler.)
Spoon tray, hard-paste porcelain, oval shape, standing on a foot rim, spreading sides, waved lip; decorated with incised, blackened lines, the centre with a tree stump with three sprouting branches, owl perching on a branch to left, bird in flight to right, surrounded by four plant sprigs interspersed with four insects (one a ladybird, one a butterfly).
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 33266
Creation/Production
Meissen
Busch, Canon August Otto Ernst von dem
Acquisition
Gift, 16/12/1919
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.6
Length
(cm): 17.8
Width
(cm): 14
Height
(in): 1
Length
(in): 7
Width
(in): 5
Techniques
moulded
forming
Applied Art
diamond engraved
engraved
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
Front Hall, North Balcony : Case C
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