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Allegorical Figure Depicting Putti as "Europe" and "America"
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Meissen, Germany, founded 171019th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Europe, wearing loin cloth, seated on scrolled pedestal, holding scepter and orb; America, kneeling facing Europe, wearing feather apron and headdress and holding a bow.
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- Title: Allegorical Figure Depicting Putti as "Europe" and "America"
- Creator: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Meissen, Germany, founded 1710
- Date Created: 19th century
- Location Created: Germany
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
- Credit line: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
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