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Source Description
The Swan service was made for Count Brühl, director of the Meissen factory between 1737 and 1741.
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Document identity
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128088
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Plate from the Swan Service
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128088
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object
title
Plate from the Swan Service
description
The Swan service was made for Count Brühl, director of the Meissen factory between 1737 and 1741.
date
c. 1737–1741
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q60759838
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Ceramic
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.)
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Germany, Meissen, 18th century
accession
1951.103
Source extras
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porcelain
tombstone
Plate from the Swan Service, c. 1737–1741. Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710), Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706–1768). Porcelain; diameter: 42 cm (16 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Thirty-fifth anniversary gift from Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc., 1951.103
collection
Decorative Arts
citations
citation
Foote, Helen. "Important Additions to the Porcelain Collection." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>38, no. 8 (October 1951): 199-200.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 200; Reproduced: p. 203
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 312
creditline
Thirty-fifth anniversary gift from Rosenberg & Stiebel, Inc.
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2026-05-29 06:36:34.990000
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128088
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Decorative Art and Design
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Decorative Arts
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porcelain
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male
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