Jug and Cover

Manufacturer Höchst Ceramics Manufactory (German, founded 1746)

Date1765-1770

MediumHard-paste porcelain; enamelled

DimensionsOverall: 5 1/4 inches (13.34 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. B. Berkowitz

Object number70-18/9 A,B

Markingson bottom: blue wheel mark

On View

Not on view

Collections

Architecture, Design and Decorative Arts

Terms

DescriptionWhite pot with assorted sprigs of blue, orange, red and green flowers. Large floral spray under spout. Spout has raised design and red trim. Handle has red trim. Lid has three floral sprigs, c., top green leaves with raised apple for handle.Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Luxury and Passion: Inventing French Porcelain, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, August 13 2022–August 12 2024, no cat.

Provenance

Caroline Newman Newburger Berkowitz (1899–1997), Kansas City, MO, by June 25, 1970 [1];

Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1970 [2].

NOTES:

[1] Caroline Berkowitz married Eugene Bertram Berkowitz (1889-1966) in 1922, the year after graduating from Smith College, establishing a likely beginning date for the beginning of her collecting interests. Laura R. Hockaday, “Berkowitz matriarch believes in putting family first,” Kansas City Star (January 12, 1992): H4.

[2] Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Curatorial Files.

Published References

K.H. Esser and Horst Reber, Höchster Fayencen und Porzellane, exh. cat. (Mainz, Germany: Altertumsmuseum und Gemäldegalerie der Stadt Mainz, 1964): nos. 249 and 250, p. 153 (ills.)

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