Vase (c. 1710–1715): Art, History and Details

Vase (c. 1710–1715) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Because of firing difficulties, early Meissen red stoneware is often inconsistent in color. That is true of this piece, the neck of which is darker than the body. Faint traces of gilding remain on the neck, indicating that originally the change in color was disguised by an overlay of gilded ornament.

Object facts

• Title: Vase
• Date: c. 1710–1715
• Creator attribution: Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710)
• Culture: Germany, Meissen, 18th century
• Type: Ceramic
• Technique: red stoneware
• Dimensions: Diameter: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); Overall: 28.5 x 14.4 cm (11 1/4 x 5 11/16 in.)
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Department: Decorative Art and Design
• Accession number: 1947.285

Collection credit

Gift of A. & R. Ball

Further reading listed by the museum

• Foote, Helen. "A Gift of Continental Ceramics." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 35, no. 10 (December 1948): 224, 229.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.

View the collection record

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