Meissen Dinner Plate with Pierced Lattice Design and Flower Motif

Artist/Maker Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Germany (established 1710)

Dateca. 1761

MediumGlazed porcelain

DimensionsDiameter: 10 in. (25.4 cm)

Credit LineR. T. Miller Jr. Fund

Object number1948.71

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

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

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

Collections

European
On View

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