Hand bell with the alliance arms of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony and Maria Josepha of Austria

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, c. 1728

Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur Meissen, c. 1728 hard-paste porcelain

  • Artwork typepercussion instrument, handbell, eating & drinking utensils, musical instrument, bell (idiophone), handbell
  • Object numberBK-17415
  • Dimensionsheight 13.1 cm x diameter 11 cm
  • Physical characteristicsporselein

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Handbell
    • Hand bell with the alliance arms of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony and Maria Josepha of Austria

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17415

  • Description

    Tafelbel van beschilderd porselein. De bel is halfbolvormig en heeft een geprofileerd handvat. De bel is aan beide zijden beschilderd met een koningskroon met een hermelijnen mantel, waarop aan de ene zijde het alliantiewapen Friedrich August III (1696-1763) en Maria Josepha van Habsburg (1699-1757), aan de andere zijde een spiegelmonogram. Tussen de heraldische voorstellingen loopt aan beide zijden blad- en bandwerk. De bel is een kopie naar een Weense Du Paquier-bel. De bel is niet gemerkt.

Creation

  • Creation

    porcelain company: Meissener Porzellan Manufaktur, Meissen

  • Dating

    c. 1728

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    porselein

  • Dimensions

    height 13.1 cm x diameter 11 cm

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  • Person

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 7, no. Por 77, Artistic no. 24/101; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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  • Hand bell with the alliance arms of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony and Maria Josepha of Austria
  • Hand bell with the alliance arms of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony and Maria Josepha of Austria
  • Hand bell with the alliance arms of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony and Maria Josepha of Austria