VesselsGerman18th-19th century

Chestnut or Fruit Basket

1780-1800

Artists

Royal Porcelain Manufactory Berlin (KPM)Manufacturer

Classification

Vessels

Technique

Mold-made

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain

Culture

German

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

21.9 × 8 × 6 cm (8 5/8 × 3 1/8 × 2 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Timotheus Pohl, Hartland, Vermont, gift; to Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2020

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