Cottage
ca. 1743-45
The 1763 estate inventory of Count von Brühl, director of the Meissen porcelain manufactory, listed sixty-seven miniature porcelain buildings. Charming farmhouses, barns, peasants’ sheds, and churches were illuminated from within by candles and presented at elegant dinners as table decoration during the dessert course.
Hard paste porcelain
4 1/2 x 4 3/8 x 3 1/4 in. (11.43 x 11.11 x 8.26 cm)
5 1/2 in. (14.1 cm), overall height
5 3/4 in. (14.61 cm), overall width
4 1/2 in. (11.43 cm), overall diameter
Blanche M. Harnan Ceramic Collection, Gift of Seattle Ceramic Society, Unit 1
56.278
Provenance: Jas. A. Lewis & Son, Inc.; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, Blanche M. Harnan Ceramic Collection, Gift of Seattle Ceramic Society, Unit 1, December 10, 1956
Photo: Paul Macapia