Louis XV Ormolu-Mounted Covered Fountain with Two Swans

Date

swans ca. 1745-1747; vase and ormolu mounting ca. 1755-1760

Creator

Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

Images

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Creator: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (German, active 1710 - present); Peter Reinicke (German, 1715 - 1768); Johann Joachim Kändler (German, 1706 - 1775)
Date: swans ca. 1745-1747; vase and ormolu mounting ca. 1755-1760
Classification: Decorative Arts
Related Location: Europe, Germany, Prussia
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain and gilt-bronze
Dimensions: 12 1/4 x 10 in. (31.12 x 25.4 cm)
Credit Line: Virginia A. Marten Endowment for Decorative Arts
Copyright Status: Public domain
Subject: Cygnus; hard paste porcelain

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