The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of December 25, 2025
Beaker
c. 1745–1750
manufacturer
(German, est. c. 1710)
Diameter: 11 x 8 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
Gift of A. & R. Ball 1947.284
Location: Not on view
Description
In an effort to rejuvenate its style of decoration, the Meissen factory acquired a large group of French engravings about 1740. During the next decade, figural decorations in the style of Antoine Watteau and his followers became a typical mode of decoration on Meissen pporcelain.- (A. & R. Ball, New York).
- Foote, Helen. "A Gift of Continental Ceramics." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 35, no. 10 (December 1948): 224, 229. Mentioned: p. 229 www.jstor.org
- Visions of Landscape: East and West. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 17-March 21, 1982).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1947.284