A piece of 18th-century German pottery plays a dramatic role in the ill-fated characters of Ian McEwan's film of Atonement (2007). The item was genuine Meissen porcelain, the work of the great artist Horoldt, who painted it in 1726. During the first world war, Cecilia's Uncle Clem received the vase as a gift from a French museum after the battle of verdun.
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Shapiro: Mcewan and Forster the Perfect Wagnerites
A piece of 18th-century German pottery plays a dramatic role in the ill-fated characters of Ian McEwan's film of Atonement (2007). The item was genuine Meissen porcelain, the work of the great artist Horoldt, who painted it in 1726. During the first world war, Cecilia's Uncle Clem received the vase as a gift from a French museum after the battle of verdun.
A piece of 18th-century German pottery plays a dramatic role in the ill-fated characters of Ian McEwan's film of Atonement (2007). The item was genuine Meissen porcelain, the work of the great artist Horoldt, who painted it in 1726. During the first world war, Cecilia's Uncle Clem received the vase as a gift from a French museum after the battle of verdun.