Cream Pitcher
Manufacturer
Höchst Ceramics Manufactory
(German, founded 1746)
Date1770-1775
MediumHard-paste porcelain; enamelled and gilded
DimensionsOverall: 2 3/4 × 3 1/2 inches (6.99 × 8.89 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. B. Berkowitz
Object number70-18/5
Markingson bottom: gold wheel mark
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DescriptionStanding on three white and gold legs; white and gold handle. Body of pitcher, purple with white dots and darker purple designs. Front of pitcher has rounded painted area containing two colourful birds perched on leafy limb, lnsca in background to right, three small outlines of birds in background to left.Published ReferencesHorst Reber, Höchster Porzellan aus drei Jahrhunderten, exh. cat. (Hohenberg an der Eger, Germany: Museum der Deutschen Porzellanindustrie, 1988): p. 131 (ill., top right); p. 159 (ill.)
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