Plate
Decorator
Peter Joseph Angelé
(German, 1758 - 1814)
Artist After
François Anne David
(French, 1741 - 1824)
Manufacturer
Höchst Ceramics Manufactory
(German, founded 1746)
Date1782-1785
MediumHard-paste porcelain; enamelled and gilded
DimensionsOverall: 10 inches (25.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: the Caroline N. Berkowitz Fund
Object numberF84-31
MarkingsWheel mark in underglaze-blue, incised numeral 112 and NI
On View
On viewGallery Location
- 121
Collections
DescriptionPlate with a central, rectangular panel of Venus on the half shell surrouneded by laurel garlands, the molded rim with a pink scalework border outlined in gilt scrolls and floral sprigs.Exhibition HistoryLuxury and Passion: Inventing French Porcelain, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, August 13 2022–August 12 2024, no cat.
Horst Reber, Höchster Porzellan aus drei Jahrhunderten, exh. cat. (Hohenberg an der Eger, Germany: Museum der Deutschen Porzellanindustrie, 1988): p. 177 {related example]
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