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Kaolinite

Taxon:
Kaolinite - Primary  Search this
Porcelain jasper - Primary synonym  Search this
Place:
between Bilna and Teplitz, Usti Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe
Other Numbers:
Catalog number : 231s.33
IGSN : NHB007NUQ
USNM Number:
17554200
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Mineral Sciences
Minerals
Data Source:
NMNH - Mineral Sciences Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e958d45b-5109-4068-bd5a-693a74875832
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhmineralsciences_12475599

Meissen dish (Hausmaler)

Maker:
Meissen Manufactory  Search this
Physical Description:
blue (overall color)
ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (overall material)
gilt (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
overall: 13 1/2 in; 34.29 cm
overall: 2 3/4 in x 13 7/16 in; 6.985 cm x 34.13125 cm
Object Name:
dish
Place made:
Germany: Saxony, Meissen
Date made:
ca 1730-1735
1730-1735
Credit Line:
Dr. Hans Syz
ID Number:
CE.63.267
Catalog number:
63.267
Collector/donor number:
529
Accession number:
251652
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Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
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Meissen Porcelain: The Hans Syz Collection
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-d73b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_574902
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Anne Ayres Papers

Collection Creator:
Ayres, Anne, 1936-  Search this
Extent:
1 Linear foot (Box 1)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1972-2003
Scope and Contents:
Artifacts contain small handmade items including a potholder and a porcelain bowl, probably created by artists. Correspondence is scattered and contains letters from friends, museums, and institutions. Four volumes of L.A. Artists' Publication contain printed material, writings, and other assembled items by artists sent to subscribers. Also found is a subject file for the Troja Foundation in the Czech Republic. Printed materials include gallery calendars and schedules, clippings, and extensive exhibition announcements and catalogs from the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design. Writings consist of manuscripts for lectures.
Collection Restrictions:
This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center.
Collection Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Collection Citation:
Anne Ayres papers, 1972-2003. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.ayreanne, Series 1
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Anne Ayres papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b0e905d6-434e-4e47-a06c-d31a3c0b9dd9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-aaa-ayreanne-ref3

Meissen two-handled bowl (Hausmaler)

Maker:
Meissen Manufactory  Search this
Physical Description:
blue (overall color)
polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 6 in; 15.24 cm
overall: 2 3/8 in x 6 1/8 in x 4 1/2 in; 6.0325 cm x 15.5575 cm x 11.43 cm
Object Name:
bowl
Date made:
ca 1740
1740
ID Number:
CE.73.178
Catalog number:
73.178
Accession number:
308538
Collector/donor number:
274
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-76a0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_570323
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Candlestick and Snuffer

Manufacturer:
Victoria Carlsbad Porcelain Factory, Czech, established 1883  Search this
Medium:
porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
Dimensions:
H x W x D (candlestick): 5 × 13.8 × 14.2 cm (1 15/16 × 5 7/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
H x diam. (snuffer): 4 × 3.5 cm (1 9/16 × 1 3/8 in.)
Type:
ceramics
Decorative Arts
candlestick and snuffer
Object Name:
candlestick and snuffer
Manufactured in:
Karlsbad, Czech Republic
Date:
after 1883
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary M. Kenway from the estate of Sarah B. Russell
Accession Number:
1956-42-81-a,b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4add5c406-6938-447b-afc3-40ba51a55cf9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1956-42-81-a_b

Teapot and lid

Designer:
Ladislav Sutnar, American and Czech, b. Pilsen, Bohemia, 1897, d. New York, New York, USA, 1976  Search this
Manufacturer:
EPIAG, Loket, Czechoslovakia  Search this
For:
Družstevní práce, Prague, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic), 1922–1947  Search this
Medium:
Glazed, molded porcelain
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 15.2 x 22.9 x 15.2 cm (6 x 9 x 6 in.)
Type:
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Teapot and lid
Manufactured in:
Loket, Czechoslovakia
Date:
ca. 1932
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of Estate of Ladislav Sutnar
Accession Number:
2011-10-1-a,b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a8b5b8a8-c029-4025-9f72-16b928b960f9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2011-10-1-a_b

Milk jug

Designer:
Ladislav Sutnar, American and Czech, b. Pilsen, Bohemia, 1897, d. New York, New York, USA, 1976  Search this
Manufacturer:
EPIAG, Loket, Czechoslovakia  Search this
For:
Družstevní práce, Prague, Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic), 1922–1947  Search this
Medium:
Glazed porcelain
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 10.2 x 14 x 10.2 cm (4 in. x 5 1/2 in. x 4 in.)
Type:
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Milk jug
Manufactured in:
Czechoslovakia
Date:
ca. 1932
Credit Line:
Museum purchase through gift of Estate of Ladislav Sutnar
Accession Number:
2011-10-2-a,b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq47688ce01-aac0-47ff-9923-552f64e154ab
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2011-10-2-a_b

vase

Physical Description:
polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, porcelain (overall material)
gilt (overall production method/technique)
Measurements:
overall: 8 5/16 in x 8 in x 4 1/2 in; 21.1455 cm x 20.32 cm x 11.43 cm
Object Name:
Vase
Place made:
Czech Republic: Bohemia
ID Number:
ZZ.RSN82847U00
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Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-d43a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_584741
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Bohemian Glass Paperweight

Maker:
unknown  Search this
Physical Description:
glass, transparent (overall material)
cut (joint piece production method/technique)
encrustation (joint piece production method/technique)
Measurements:
overall: 3 15/16 in x 3 1/4 in; 10.033 cm x 8.255 cm
Object Name:
paperweight
Place made:
Czechoslovakia
Date made:
1918-1938
Credit Line:
Aaron and Lillie Straus
ID Number:
CE.60.65
Catalog number:
60.65
Accession number:
211475
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Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
Paperweights
Art
Domestic Furnishings
Exhibition:
Wonderplace
Exhibition Location:
National Museum of American History
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-21eb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_596614

Meissen cup and saucer: one of a pair

Maker:
Meissen Manufactory  Search this
Physical Description:
hard-paste porcelain (overall material)
polychrome enamels (overall color)
allegorical, Hausmalerei (overall style)
flowers (overall description of decoration)
musician (joint piece description of decoration)
blue (cup color)
blue (saucer color)
ceramic (overall material)
Measurements:
cup: 1 3/4 in; 4.445 cm
saucer: 5 in; 12.7 cm
overall cup: 1 13/16 in x 4 in x 3 1/16 in; 4.60375 cm x 10.16 cm x 7.77875 cm
overall saucer: 1 1/16 in x 5 in; 2.69875 cm x 12.7 cm
Object Name:
cup
saucer
Place made:
Germany: Saxony, Meissen
Date made:
1735-1740
ID Number:
1979.0120.10ab
Accession number:
1979.0120
Catalog number:
1979.0120.10ab
Collector/donor number:
59A
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Domestic Furnishings
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-9813-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1758071
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Meissen cup and saucer: one of a pair

Maker:
Meissen Manufactory  Search this
Physical Description:
hard-paste porcelain (overall material)
polychrome enamels (overall color)
allegorical, Hausmalerei (overall style)
shepherdess (joint piece description of decoration)
flowers (overall description of decoration)
blue (saucer color)
blue (cup color)
ceramic (overall material)
Measurements:
cup: 1 3/4 in; 4.445 cm
saucer: 5 in; 12.7 cm
overall cup: 1 15/16 in x 4 in x 3 1/8 in; 4.92125 cm x 10.16 cm x 7.9375 cm
overall saucer: 1 1/8 in x 4 15/16 in; 2.8575 cm x 12.54125 cm
Object Name:
cup
saucer
Place made:
Germany: Saxony, Meissen
Date made:
1735-1740
ID Number:
1979.0120.11ab
Catalog number:
1979.0120.11ab
Accession number:
1979.0120
Collector/donor number:
59B
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-6007-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1760501
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Meissen bowl

Maker:
Meissen Manufactory  Search this
Physical Description:
blue underglaze (overall color)
hard-paste porcelain (overall material)
polychrome (overall color)
genre scene and European flowers (overall style)
Measurements:
overall: 3 in x 6 in; 7.62 cm x 15.24 cm
overall: 3 in x 5 15/16 in; 7.62 cm x 15.08125 cm
Object Name:
bowl
Place made:
Germany: Saxony, Meissen
Date made:
ca 1740
1740
ID Number:
1979.0120.12
Catalog number:
1979.0120.12
Accession number:
1979.0120
Collector/donor number:
58
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-8e75-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1405652
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Meissen plate (Hausmaler)

Maker:
Meissen Manufactory  Search this
Physical Description:
blue underglaze (overall color)
hard-paste porcelain (overall material)
Polychrome and gold (overall color)
pastoral scene (overall style)
Measurements:
overall: 8 1/4 in; 20.955 cm
overall: 1 1/16 in x 8 5/16 in; 2.69875 cm x 21.11375 cm
Object Name:
plate
Object Type:
plate
Place made:
Germany: Saxony, Meissen
Date made:
ca 1725-1730
1725-1730
Credit Line:
Dr. Hans Syz
ID Number:
1987.0896.43
Catalog number:
1987.0896.43
Accession number:
1987.0896
Collector/donor number:
376
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Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
The Hans C. Syz Collection
Meissen Porcelain: The Hans Syz Collection
Art
Domestic Furnishings
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-ae20-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1406482

Meissen tea bowl and saucer (Hausmaler)

Maker:
Meissen Manufactory  Search this
Physical Description:
flowers (joint piece description of decoration)
rock & bird (overall description of decoration)
underglaze blue flowers (overall description of decoration)
hard-paste porcelain (overall material)
underglaze blue and polychrome painting (overall color)
Hausmalerei (overall style)
Measurements:
overall tea bowl: 1 13/16 in x 2 7/8 in; 4.60375 cm x 7.3025 cm
overall saucer: 1 in x 4 11/16 in; 2.54 cm x 11.90625 cm
Object Name:
bowl, tea
saucer
Place made:
Germany: Saxony, Meissen
Date made:
1740-1750
ID Number:
1992.0427.14ab
Catalog number:
1992.0427.14ab
Accession number:
1992.0427
Collector/donor number:
201
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-691e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1415605
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Meissen teapot and cover (Hausmaler)

Maker:
Meissen Manufactory  Search this
Physical Description:
hard-paste porcelain (overall material)
polychrome enamel and gold (overall color)
Hausmaler allegorical subject (overall style)
Measurements:
overall: 5 3/4 in; 14.605 cm
overall: 5 13/16 in x 7 1/8 in x 5 in; 14.76375 cm x 18.0975 cm x 12.7 cm
Object Name:
teapot
Place made:
Germany: Saxony, Meissen
Date made:
1715-1720
ID Number:
1979.0120.09ab
Catalog number:
1979.0120.09ab
Accession number:
1979.0120
Collector/donor number:
57
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Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
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Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-a27e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1415655
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Meissen coffee pot and cover (Hausmaler)

Maker:
Meissen Manufactory  Search this
Physical Description:
blue (overall color)
polychrome (overall surface decoration color name)
ceramic, porcelain, hard-paste (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: 8 1/2 in; 21.59 cm
overall: 8 9/16 in x 6 1/2 in x 5 in; 21.74875 cm x 16.51 cm x 12.7 cm
Object Name:
coffeepot
Place made:
Germany
Date made:
ca 1740-1750
1740-1750
Credit Line:
Dr. Hans Syz
ID Number:
CE.76.379ab
Catalog number:
76.379ab
Collector/donor number:
897
Accession number:
1977.0166
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Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass
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Domestic Furnishings
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a3-cac6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_570347
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Tobacco Pipe (Gesteckpfeife)

Physical Description:
ceramic, porcelain (bowl material)
horn (stem; mouthpiece material)
wood, weichsel (stem material)
metal, brass (ferrule material)
cork (ferrule material)
cotton (mouthpiece material)
metal, nickel silver (bowl cap material)
Measurements:
overall: 1 3/8 in x 23 1/2 in x 7 7/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 59.69 cm x 20.0025 cm
Object Name:
pipe
Other Terms:
Pipe; Smoking Equipment
Place made:
Hapsburg Empire: Austria-Hungary
Czech Republic: Praha, Hlavní Město, Prague
Date made:
1850 - 1865
Subject:
Personal Accessories  Search this
Smoking  Search this
Tobacco Use  Search this
Germany  Search this
Souvenirs  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Leo Stoor
ID Number:
DL.61.0594
Catalog number:
61.0594
Accession number:
234565
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Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-dd7d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_312313
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Mistrovská díla japonského porcelánu / Filip Suchomel, Marcela Suchomelová

Title:
Masterpieces of Japanese porcelain
Author:
Suchomel, Filip  Search this
Suchomelová, Marcela  Search this
Národní galerie v Praze  Search this
Moravská galerie v Brně  Search this
Physical description:
208 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Czech Republic
Date:
1997
Topic:
Porcelain, Japanese  Search this
Call number:
NK4567.5 .S8 1997
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_891555

Činska keramika ze sbírek Národní galerie v Praze = Chinese ceramics from the collections of the National Gallery in Prague / Milena Horáková

Author:
Horáková, Milena  Search this
Národní galerie v Praze  Search this
Subject:
Národn í galerie v Praze  Search this
Physical description:
140 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Czech Republic
Date:
1994
[1994]
Topic:
Pottery, Chinese  Search this
Porcelain, Chinese--Exhititions  Search this
Call number:
NK4565 .H68 1994
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_886134

Slavkovský porcelán, 1792-1992

Author:
Karlovarské muzeum  Search this
Uměleckoprůmyslové muzeum v Praze  Search this
Physical description:
24, [32] p., 15, 62 pages of plates : ill. (some col.), col. port. ; 24 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Place:
Czech Republic
Karlovy Vary
Date:
1992
Topic:
Porcelain, Czech  Search this
Call number:
NK4471.C9 S63 1992
NK4471.C9 S63 1992
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_451100

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