Meissen Porcelain Cobalt & Gold Rim Decorated Sauce Boat
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Atlanta, GA
Meissen Porcelain Cobalt & Gold Rim Decorated Sauce Boat with attached under plate. Marked to
Porcelain
$796Sale Price / set|20% Off
H 6.875 in W 13.25 in D 11 in
2 Pc, Meissen Porcelain Cobalt & Gold Rim Decorated Soup Tureen, Under Platter
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Atlanta, GA
2 Pc, Meissen Porcelain Cobalt & Gold Rim Decorated Soup Tureen, Under Platter. The soup tureen is
Porcelain
Vintage Meissen Porcelain Cobalt Blue & Gilt Butter Pat with Deutsche Blumen
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine signed vintage German porcelain butter pat or small dish. By Meissen. With painted
Porcelain
Pair of German Meissen Porcelain Cobalt Blue Vases
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vilnius, LT
Pair of antique German Meissen porcelain vases designed by August Leuteritz, decorated with snake
Porcelain
$4,234 / set
H 2.76 in Dm 5.12 in
Two Splendid Meissen Cups, Cobalt With Watteau Painting & Gold Decoration, 19th
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
. Manufactory: Meissen, Germany Dating: Circa 1860 Material: White porcelain, glossy finish
Porcelain
$5,928 / set
H 11.82 in W 19.49 in D 13.78 in
Large Meissen Tureen With Putto On Presentoir, Cobalt Flowers Gold, Circa 1850
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
-crafted porcelain, ceramics, hand-painted, glossy finish Blue Meissen crossed sword mark of 19th century
Ceramic, Porcelain
$745
H 5 in W 3 in D 4 in
Antique 19th Century Meissen Egg Floral Gilt Trinket Box, France, 1875, Cobalt
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Egg-shaped box, Meissen (Germany) dated to 1875 based on its mark, with gilding, cobalt blue
Porcelain
$2,056Sale Price|37% Off
H 10.63 in Dm 6.11 in
Meissen Porcelain Snakes Handle Vase, 1st Quality, Cobalt and Gold Painting
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Berlin, DE
Meissen Porcelain snakes handle vase. 1st quality. Cobalt and gold painting.
Porcelain
$2,298Sale Price|34% Off
H 11.03 in Dm 6.5 in
Meissen Porcelain Snakes Handle Vase, 1st Quality, Cobalt and Gold Painting
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Berlin, DE
Meissen porcelain snakes handle vase. 1st quality. Cobalt and gold painting. Small chip on the
Porcelain
$1,350
H 1.13 in W 17.75 in D 12.5 in
Antique Meissen Porcelain Tea Tray with Cobalt Blue Border & Spray Flowers
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain tea tray or serving platter. By Meissen. With a scalloped rim and a
Porcelain
$4,760Sale Price|20% Off
H 5.75 in W 3 in D 2 in
Meissen Cobalt Ground Pâte-sur-pâte Figural Vase, Attributed to Leuteritz
By Ernst August Leuteritz, Meissen Porcelain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Meissen Cobalt Ground Pâte-sur-pâte Figural Vase, attributed to Leuteritz Germany, second quarter
Porcelain
Meissen Cobalt Blue Schlangenvasen, Pair
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vancouver, BC
Neoclassical baluster form Meissen vases with gilt gadrooned rim flanked by paired coiled serpent
Museum Quality Meissen Porcelain Cobalt-Blue Krater Pate sur Pate Vase
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and truly unique Museum quality Meissen porcelain cobalt-blue krater pate sur pate
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Cobalt and Gold Deep Cabinet Plate/Bowl
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vilnius, LT
Meissen Porcelain deep cabinet plate/bowl is cobalt blue color with rich gold decor. It is hand
Porcelain
Large Oval Meissen Porcelain Gilded Cobalt Blue Plate
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vilnius, LT
Large Meissen Porcelain plate hand painted in cobalt blue color with rich gold decor and handles.
Porcelain
Pair of Porcelain Meissen Cobalt Blue Vases, 1960
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Sofia, BG
Pair of vases, porcelain, cobalt blue walls with fine and broad margins of gold, on the front a
Porcelain
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H 1 in Dm 8.25 in
8 Meissen Germany 19thc Cobalt Reticulated Porcelain Plates with Courting Scenes
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Savannah, GA
A ring of stunning cobalt blue frames the center of the courting scenes on this lovely eight piece
Porcelain
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H 14.5 in W 7.5 in D 6.25 in
Western Germany Meissen School Hand-Painted Cobalt and Gilt Porcelain Urns
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Big Flats, NY
Western German Meissen School porcelain urns feature hand-painted floral reserves on cobalt blue
Porcelain
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H 18 in W 12 in D 7 in
Pair of Meissen School Cobalt & Gilt Porcelain Cherub & Foliate Form Candelabra
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Big Flats, NY
Pair of Meissen school porcelain four light figural candelabra feature hand painted cobalt and gilt
Porcelain
Meissen Cobalt Blue Vase Funneled Shape Flowers, circa 1964
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Gorgeous Tall Cobalt Blue Vase of Funneled Form Type. MANUFACTORY: MEISSEN DATING
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Vase with Snake Handles
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vilnius, LT
Meissen porcelain vase in cobalt blue and rich gold. Decorated with hand painted flowers and snake
Porcelain
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H 11.82 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
19th Century Meissen Coffee Set for 6 Persons, Cobalt, Bouquets and Gold Decor
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Manufactory: Meissen, Germany hand-crafted porcelain, hand-painted, glossy finish Underglaze blue Meissen
Porcelain
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H 11.82 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Meissen Coffee Set For 9 Persons With Cobalt Bouquet Painting & Gold, Early 19th
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
-crafted porcelain, hand-painted, glossy finish Underglaze blue Meissen sword mark of early 19th Century
Porcelain
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H 11.82 in W 19.69 in D 19.69 in
Meissen B-Shape Coffee Set For 6 Persons With Cobalt & Lavish Gold Decor, 20th
By Ernst August Leuteritz, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Hand-crafted porcelain, hand-painted, glossy finish, gilding Underglaze blue Meissen sword mark
Porcelain
Porcelain Stick, Meissen, Painted with Cupids, Rich Cobalt Colors
Located in København, Copenhagen
Porcelain stick around 1890s, Meissen, painted with cupids, rich cobalt colors, gilded metal
Pair of 19th C Cobalt Blue Meissen Serpent Porcelain Vases
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Pair of 19th C Cobalt Blue Meissen Serpent Vases in the Neo-Classical style. Boldly colored cobalt
Porcelain
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H 3.375 in W 6.5 in D 6.5 in
Rare Vintage Meissen Mocha B-Form Porcelain Teacup & Saucer Cobalt Blue & Gold
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Dayton, OH
MEISSEN mocha/espresso cup with saucer, ¨B-Form¨, cobalt blue and white background with rich gold
Porcelain
Cobalt Vase, Meissen, Germany, Mid-20th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Chorzów, PL
A cobalt vase produced by the excellent German factory Meissen. White porcelain decorated with a
Porcelain
Meissen cobalt gold 2 rare vintage tea cups with saucers
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Uppsala , SE
Meissen B form Cobalt Gold 2 charming tea cups with sauces Cup d 10 cm h 8 cm Sauce d 16 cm h 3
Porcelain
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H 24.25 in W 13 in D 8.5 in
19th Century, Meissen Neoclassical Cobalt Blue & Gold Snake Handle Urn Lamp
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Atlanta, GA
Meissen (German, founded 1710), circa mid 19th century. This stunning antique Meissen urn has been
Porcelain
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H 5.91 in W 2.96 in D 2.37 in
Meissen Porcelain Cobalt-Blue Limoges Enameled Porcelain Ground Vase
By Meissen Porcelain, Ernst August Leuteritz
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Museum quality Meissen Porcelain cobalt-blue Limoges enamel porcelain vase. Blue crossed swords
Enamel
Meissen Porcelain Cobalt and Gold Deep Cabinet Plate/Bowl
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vilnius, LT
Meissen Porcelain deep cabinet plate/bowl is cobalt blue color with rich gold decor. It is hand
Porcelain
A Rare Meissen Porcelain Cobalt Blue Ground Platinum & Gold Floral Painted Vase
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A Highly Important and Rare Meissen Porcelain Cobalt Blue Ground Vase with Platinum and Gold Hand
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Hand Painted and Gilded Cobalt Blue Plate
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vilnius, LT
Meissen Porcelain plate with hand painted floral motives and cobalt blue color with rich gold decor.
Porcelain
Large Meissen Porcelain Hand Painted and Gilded Cobalt Blue Plate
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vilnius, LT
Large Meissen Porcelain plate with hand painted floral motives and cobalt blue color with gold
Porcelain
Meissen Cobalt Blue Vase Funneled Shape Flowers height 16.8 inches c.1954
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
GORGEOUS TALL COBALT BLUE VASE OF FUNNELED FORM TYPE MANUFACTORY: MEISSEN DATING
Pair of 19th Century Meissen Snake Handled Cobalt Blue "Schlangenvasen" Vases
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
fluted flaring foot. Marked on the bottom with under glazed blue crossed swords Meissen stamp. The vases
Porcelain
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H 2.5 in W 6.75 in D 2.5 in
Rare Meissen Cobalt Blue Hand Painted "Shoe" Slipper of Castle Moritzburg C 1890
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Moritzburg in the district of Meissen in Saxony. Rich cobalt blue background and hand painted 24 karat gold
Gold, Enamel
Set of 11 Meissen Reticulated Plates
Located in Roslyn, NY
Exquisite Set of 11 Meissen Porcelain Reticulated Plates. Cobalt Blue, White & Gilt. Each Plate
Porcelain
Large Meissen Porcelain Gilt Cobalt Vase Urn Centerpiece Decorative LA
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Large 19th century German hand painted gilt-trimmed Meissen porcelain vase urn. Snake handled
Porcelain, Paint
19th Century, Meissen Porcelain Cobalt Blue Plate
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
Dark cobalt with gold embossed roses in centre. Blue cross mark on base.
Porcelain
Meissen Cobalt and Gold Cabinet Plate
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
Meissen cobalt and gold cabinet plate.
Porcelain
Meissen Cobalt and Gold Cabinet Bowl
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
Meissen cobalt and gold cabinet bowl.
Porcelain
Antique Pair Meissen Cobalt Urns
Located in Stamford, CT
Antique Pair Meissen Cobalt Urns with painted cartouche of cupids
Porcelain
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H 2.13 in Dm 11 in
Meissen Cobalt and Gold Fluted Charger with a Border of Gold Leaves from 1890s
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Boston, MA
This is an exquisite striking Meissen cobalt and gold fluted charger. All the gilded decoration is
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Meissen Porcelain Oval Dish Cobalt and Gilt
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
Early 20th century Meissen porcelain oval dish cobalt and gilt Marked on base.
Porcelain
Meissen Cobalt and Gold Encrusted Floral Centrebowl
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Atlanta, GA
Meissen cobalt and gold encrusted floral centre bowl, of the best quality, finely painted marked
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Cobalt and Gilt Neoclassical Urn
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A Meissen Porcelain vase, this lovely piece features a deep blue body with scrolled snake handles
Porcelain
Meissen Dresden Pattern Covered Cobalt Blue and Gilt Demitasse Cup and Saucer
Located in Washington Crossing, PA
High quality Meissen Dresden pattern covered cobalt blue and gilt demitasse cup & saucer painted
Porcelain
Meissen Cobalt Charger with Raised Gilded Flowers, Leaves & Gilt Fluted Border
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Boston, MA
This is a stunning cobalt Meissen Charger. It is decorated with raised gilded flowers and leaves
Porcelain
Spheres Golded Dining Table with Aluminium Gold Sphere
Located in Paris, FR
Dining table or conference table spheres golded composed by metallic spheres and semi spheres joined together. Aluminium gold finish. Exceptional piece. Available in console and s...
Gold Plate, Metal, Aluminum
$16,955Sale Price|20% Off
H 68.31 in W 87.01 in D 13.78 in
Antique Neoclassical Pine and Lime Wood Georgian Style Fireplace Surround
Located in Edinburgh, GB
A substantial and impressive architectural late 19th century profusely carved pine and lime wood fireplace surround in the Georgian manner of Robert Adam. The shelf perfectly evokes ...
Pine
$700Sale Price / set|43% Off
H 0.75 in Dm 8.1 in
12 Antique English Dessert Plates, Cobalt Blue and Hand-Painted Florals Tiffany
By Cauldon
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A classic pattern by Cauldon of England which was custom ordered through Tiffany's in many different color ways. We have had the pleasure of offering this beautiful pattern in cobalt...
Porcelain
Bessarabian Rug, 1810
Located in New York, NY
Bessarabian rug, 1810 Russia, circa 1810 Tapestry woven carpet Imperial Tapestry Factory, St. Petersburg Having an Adamesque central medallion on a warm caramel ground, with swan...
Wool
Set of 12 English Porcelain Botanical Plates, Spode, circa 1900
By Spode
Located in New York, NY
Set of 12 English porcelain botanical plates, Spode, circa 1900.
$3,800 / set
H 0.75 in Dm 10.5 in
12 Coalport Grey and Polychrome Enamel Floral Shaped Rim Dinner Service Plates
By Coalport Porcelain
Located in Great Barrington, MA
This set of 12 Coalport dinner plates feature an unusual color combination of a soft gray border decorated with a vibrant palette of brightly painted flowers. There are various combi...
Porcelain
A Daum Nancy Miniature "Vase Parlant", ca. 1895
By Daum
Located in Bochum, NRW
A miniature french gilt and enameled green cameo glass vase, signed in gilt "Daum Nancy" and with cross of Lorraine. Molded with flowers and leafage and with the phrase "A tout sei...
Glass
Vintage Meissen Lidded Tureen with Putto Figure
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Blue crossed swords mark to the base. A footed bowl with a wide sight scalloped gilt rim with shell and acanthus leaf handles and decorated with insects and flowers. The lid is decor...
Porcelain
$43,880 / set
H 1 in W 1 in D 1 in
Ornamental #19 by Georg Jensen Sterling Silver Flatware Set Service 129 Pc Grape
By Georg Jensen
Located in Big Bend, WI
Rare handmade ornamental #19 by Georg Jensen sterling silver flatware set with superb pierced Art Nouveau grapes motif - 129 pieces. Early "GI" hallmark for 1910-1925. This set inclu...
Sterling Silver
$10,202Sale Price|30% Off
H 70.87 in W 52.76 in D 29.14 in
Vintage 1980s Playmatic Pinball Trailer, Folk Art Design, 134x74 cm
Located in Marbella, ES
1980s Recreational machine model pinball trailer playmatic.
Iron
Durgin Wentworth Flatware Service, 167 Pieces
By William B. Durgin
Located in New Orleans, LA
This rare 167-piece Wentworth sterling silver flatware service was crafted by the celebrated William B. Durgin Silver Company. Each piece bears an intricate, hand-chased pattern feat...
Sterling Silver
$14,000 / set
H 19 in Dm 12 in
Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Planters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pair of Late 19th Century Gilt Bronze Mounted Sèvres Style Porcelain Planters Each urn mounted with bow tied ribbons connected in the front and back with a foliate swags. In late 1...
Bronze, Ormolu
Unique Georgian Sterling Tureen, c1802
By John Roberts & Co
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1802, sterling, John Roberts & Co., Sheffield, England. This very unusual tureen consists of the main tureen with an inserted vegetable dish, which is the uncommon part. Al...
Sterling Silver
Meissen Snake-Handled "Schlangenvase" Urn Vase Lamp
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Meissen Snake-Handled "Schlangenvase" urn vase lamp, circa 1900, Gilt and painted in colors, the baluster body decorated with "Deutsche Blumen" on both sides. The vase was designed...
Porcelain
$240 / set
H 1.97 in Dm 3.15 in
Five Sets of Royal Copenhagen Blue Flower Angular, Espresso Cups ‘Mocca Cups’
Located in København, Copenhagen
Five sets of Royal Copenhagen blue flower angular, espresso cups (mocca cups). Decoration number 10/8562. The cup's diameter is 7.3 cm. Perfect condition. 1st. factory quality.
$1,380
H 25 in W 17 in D 38 in
Antique Korean Chest with Butterfly Pattern Brass Hardware from the 19th Century
Located in Yonkers, NY
A 19th century chest with butterfly pattern brass hardware from Korea. This antique Korean chest with butterfly pattern brass hardware carries a beautiful patina and a well-adorned f...
Meissen Porcelain (Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen) is one of the preeminent porcelain factories in Europe and was the first to produce true porcelain outside of Asia. It was established in 1710 under the auspices of King Augustus II “the Strong” of Saxony-Poland (1670–1733), a keen collector of Asian ceramics, particularly Ming porcelain.
In pursuing his passion, which he termed his “maladie de porcelaine,” Augustus spent vast sums, amassing some 20,000 pieces of Japanese and Chinese ceramics. These, along with examples of early Meissen, comprise the Porzellansammlung, or porcelain collection, of the Zwinger Palace, in Dresden.
The king was determined, however, to free the European market from its dependence on Asian imports and to give European artisans the freedom to create their own porcelain designs. To this end, he charged the scientist Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus and aspiring alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger with the task of using local materials to produce true, hard-paste porcelain (as opposed to the soft-paste variety European ceramists in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy and Spain had been producing since the late Renaissance). In 1709, the pair succeeded in doing just that, employing kaolin, or “china clay.” A year later, the Meissen factory was born.
In its first decades, Meissen mostly looked to Asian models, producing wares based on Japanese Kakiemon ceramics and pieces with Chinese-inflected decorations called chinoiserie. During the 1720s its painters drew inspiration from the works of Watteau, and the scenes of courtly life, fruits and flowers that adorned fashionable textiles and wallpaper. It was in this period that Meissen introduced its famous cobalt-blue crossed swords logo — derived from the arms of the Elector of Saxony as Arch-Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire — to distinguish its products from those of competing factories that were beginning to spring up around Europe.
By the 1730s, Meissen’s modelers and decorators had mastered the style of Asian ceramics, and Augustus encouraged them to develop a new, original aesthetic. The factory’s director, Count Heinrich von Brühl, used Johann Wilhelm Weinmann’s botanical drawings as the basis for a new line of wares with European-style surface decoration. The Blue Onion pattern (Zwiebelmuster), first produced in 1739, melded Asian and European influences, closely following patterns used in Chinese underglaze-blue porcelain, but replacing exotic flora and fruits with Western varieties (likely peaches and pomegranates, not onions) along with peonies and asters.
During the same period, head modeler Joachim Kändler (1706–75) began crafting delicate porcelain figures derived from the Italian commedia dell’arte. Often used as centerpieces on banquet tables and decorated to reflect the latest fashions in courtly dress for men and women, these figurines were popular in their day, and are still considered among Meissen’s most iconic creations. Kändler also created the Swan Service, which, with its complex low-relief surface design and minimal decoration is considered a masterpiece of Baroque ceramics.
The rise of Neoclassicism in the latter half of the 18th century forced Meissen to change artistic direction and begin producing monumental vases, clocks, chandeliers and candelabra. In the 20th century, Meissen added to its 18th-century repertoire decidedly modern designs, including ones in the Art Nouveau style. The 1920s saw the introduction of numerous animal figures, such as the popular sea otter (Fischotter), which graced an East German postage stamp in the 1960s. Starting in 1933, artistic freedom was limited at the factory under the Nazi regime, and after World War II, when the region became part of East Germany, it struggled to reconcile its elite past with the values of the Communist government. In 1969, however, new artistic director Karl Petermann reintroduced the early designs and fostered a new degree of artistic license. Meissen became one of the few companies to prosper in East Germany.
Owned by the State of Saxony since reunification, in 1990, Meissen continues to produce its classic designs together with new ones developed collaboratively with artists from all over the world. In addition, through its artCAMPUS program, the factory has invited distinguished ceramic artists, such as Chris Antemann and Arlene Shechet, to work in its studios in collaboration with its skilled modelers and painters. The resulting works of contemporary sculpture are inspired by Meissen’s rich and complex legacy.
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