Pilgrim Bottle
Meissen Porcelain Factory · c. 1715 · Cleveland Museum of Art
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Throughout the early 1700s porcelain was imported to Europe from China and Japan, until the correct formula to produce it was developed by Johann Friedrich Böttger and a collaborator, which led to the establishment of the Meissen factory in 1710. Red stoneware inspired by Chinese Yixing ware and white porcelain were produced in Meissen under Böttger. Its fine red stoneware was so hard that it could be polished on a lapidary’s wheel—as was the body of this bottle.
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Details
- Maker
- Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710)
- Date
- c. 1715
- Medium
- polished red stoneware, silver-gilt mounts
- Dimensions
- Overall: 15.9 x 9.6 cm (6 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)
- Place of origin
- Germany
- Held by
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · On view · 216A French and German
- Credit line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Image: Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0
