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Soup Tureen with Cover, from the Möllendorf Service

Soup Tureen with Cover, from the Möllendorf Service

Manufacturer (established 1710)
Designer (German, 1727–1802)
Designer (German, 1712–1786)
Artist/Maker (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
ProvenanceOrdered by Frederick the Great of Prussia [1712-1786] for General von Möllendorff, ca. 1761; Wichard Joachim Heinrich von Möllendorff [1724-1816], ca 1761-1816; by descent to Count Wilamowitz-Möllendorf;¹ by descent to Wilamowitz-Möllendorff heirs. Private Collection. (French & Co., New York); purchased 1948 by Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH Notes: ¹ In retirement, General von Möllendorff adopted three great-grandsons of one of his sisters. These were Hugo Graf von Wilamowitz-Möllendorff [1806-1865], Ottokar Freiherr von Wilamowitz-Möllendorff [1811-1867], and Arnold Freiherr von Wilamowitz-Möllendorff [1813-1888].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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