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Johann Joachim Kändler
Charger from the 'Swan Service'1737-1741

Not on view
Large white porcelain dish with scalloped gold-edged rim, molded relief of swans among reeds at center, scattered polychrome floral sprigs, and a heraldic coat of arms at the top of the rim
Nuclear medicine scan showing an abstract figure-like form in soft blue-violet against white, with two converging lines at top, a dense rectangular mass at center, and two small dark spots at the base.

Johann Joachim Kändler, Johann Friedrich Eberlein, Johann Joachim Kändler, Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Charger from the 'Swan Service', 1737-1741, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc., photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Johann Joachim Kändler
Germany, Fischbach, 1706-1775
Artist or Maker
Johann Friedrich Eberlein
Manufacturer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
Title
Charger from the 'Swan Service'
Place Made
Germany, Saxony, Meissen
Date Made
1737-1741
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
Dimensions
Diameter (Diameter): 16 3/4 in. (42.545 cm) Height: 3 in. (7.62 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Rosenberg and Stiebel, Inc.
Accession Number
51.10
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Decorative Arts and Design