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Königliche-Porzellan-Manufaktur

Midday Meal for the Spinner

Maker

Königliche-Porzellan-Manufaktur (German, 1763-), manufacturer

Title

Midday Meal for the Spinner

Year

ca. 1875

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

porcelain, enamel

Dimensions

25.4 x 17.8 x 0.8 cm (10 x 7 x 5/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Marks: Pencil script directly on the unglazed porcelain "LcW" and "O(?)i" and impressed marks of a sceptre (the factory mark) over "KPM" over "W" and the numbers "195","255"and a symbol best described as a small dot over horizontal paren over two more small dots

Label: On the back: a paper label inscribed"Millagsmahl/der Spinnerin/na(?)/Dow" (sic Dou, indicating the image is based on a work by 17th century Dutch genre painter Gerrit Dou)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Anne M. Shannon

Object Number

2003.95.1

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 16: Intimacy

RISD Museum’s Manual 16 Embraces Intimacy

Intimacy reveals something deeply human in us. We need each other on a practical level, which means having to trust strangers. It’s analogous to what I understand prayer requires and what writing poems requires: an openness to the unknown, coupled with trust, a belief that we won’t be hurt. It’s at once akin to and the same as devotion.
-Carl Phillips

The RISD Museum’s sixteenth issue of Manual touches on the bonds of intimacy and its many expressions. This issue complements the exhibition Any distance between us, co-curated by Stephen Truax and Dominic Molon, on view at the RISD Museum through March 13, 2022.

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Public Domain This object is in the Public Domain and available under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication

Tombstone

Königliche-Porzellan-Manufaktur (German, 1763-), manufacturer
Midday Meal for the Spinner, ca. 1875
porcelain; enamel
25.4 x 17.8 x 0.8 cm (10 x 7 x 5/16 inches)
Gift of Anne M. Shannon 2003.95.1

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