Figure of a Dog

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Object Details

Manufacturer

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German, active from 1710 to the present

After

Johann Joachim Kändler, German, 1706 - 1775

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Figure of a brown-spotted dog with cropped ears and a long tail. Blue collar banded and inscribed in gold "ANO 1741." Collar secured by padlock.

Credit Line

Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane

Date

ca. 1741

Accession Number

1949-17-1

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

ceramics

Decorative Arts

Object Name

figure

Type

figure

Medium

hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold

Dimensions

H x W x D: 22.3 × 22 × 12 cm (8 3/4 × 8 11/16 × 4 3/4 in.)

Place

Germany

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Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4d07544bf-cc8f-4cc9-942d-8e0fbfbecdd0

Record ID

chndm_1949-17-1

Figure of a Dog

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