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Cottage

Dateca. 1743-45

Label TextThe 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.

Object number56.278

ProvenanceJas. 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 CreditPhoto: Paul Macapia

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)Published ReferencesThe Art Quarterly, Spring 1957, p. 103 Emerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 214

Credit LineBlanche M. Harnan Ceramic Collection, Gift of Seattle Ceramic Society, Unit 1

Dimensions4 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

MediumHard paste porcelain