Tea caddy with cover
Höchst Manufactory
ca. 1785 · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The scene commemorates the balloon ascension of Nicolas François Blanchard (1753–1809), who crossed from Dover to Calais in 1785.
- Artist
- Höchst Manufactory
- Date
- ca. 1785
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain
- Culture
- German, Höchst
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Bequest of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1943 (Mrs. R. Thornton Wilson)
