Soup Tureen with Cover, from the Möllendorf Service

Soup Tureen with Cover, from the Möllendorf Service

Manufacturer Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Germany (established 1710)

Designer Jacob Christian Klipfel (German, 1727–1802)

Designer King Frederick the Great of Brandenburg-Prussia (German, 1712–1786)

Artist/Maker Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1775)

Dateca. 1761

MediumHard-paste porcelain with molded and applied decoration, painted in enamels and gilt

DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 × 13 × 6 1/2 in. (24.8 × 33 × 16.5 cm)
Overall (lid): 4 1/2 × 9 1/16 × 6 1/2 in. (11.4 × 23.1 × 16.5 cm)
Overall (bowl): 5 1/4 × 13 × 6 1/2 in. (13.3 × 33 × 16.5 cm)

Credit LineR. T. Miller Jr. Fund

Object number1948.70A-B

Status

On view

Exhibition History

Art in the Age of Mozart

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (October 29, 1991 - December 15, 1991 )

The Object Revisited: Four Centuries of European and American Decorative Arts

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 27, 2002 - June 9, 2003 )

Class, Colonialism, and (Over)Consumption

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH (August 24, 2023 - May 31, 2024 )

Collections

European
On View

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