Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
German
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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Item type: Antique and Vintage
Creator: Meissen Porcelain
Art Nouveau Porcelain Group 'The Mermaid Catch', by E. Herter, Meissen Ca 1900
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite Large Meissen Art Nouveau Porcelain Group:
Exceptional detailed depiction of an unclothed sturdy fisherman with thick beard, freeing his catch, a beautiful mermaid adorned ...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen Figurine 'Estrella', Russian Ballet 'Carnival', by Paul Scheurich, 20th
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Finest Meissen Porcelain Figurine:
Dancer balancing on her toes, turning her head to the right and bringing her right hand indecisively to her chin, while with her left hand she
per...
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Mid-20th Century German Biedermeier Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Urn Snake Handles Amphora, Germany
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
An antique Meissen porcelain urn with snake handles amphora, circa early-20th century, Germany. This Meissen urn is hard-paste porcelain, hand painted, fea...
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Early 20th Century German Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Pair Meissen porcelain covered and hen, c. 1920.
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A fine and large pair of Meissen porcelain figures of a cockerel and a hen, c. 1920. Originally modelled by J.J. Kaendler, the plumage finely moulded, and heightened in vibrant ename...
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1920s German Georgian Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Large Porcelain ‘Water’ Ewer from the ‘Elements’ Series by Meissen
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Large porcelain ‘Water’ ewer from the ‘Elements’ series by Meissen
German, 19th Century
Height 61cm, width 36cm, depth 23cm
With sensational design elements, this Meissen jug...
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19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Complete Set of Four Meissen Elements Ewers
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This extremely important set of Meissen ewers represents the Four Elements: Earth, Air, Water and Fire. Impressive in both size and artistry, they are among the most famous and spect...
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19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Large Meissen Figurine 'King August III In Roman Harness' by J.J. Kaendler, 1924
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and impressive porcelain statuette:
Like all Baroque rulers, Augustus the Strong and his son Augustus III cultivated demonstrations of their power to represent and legitimi...
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Early 20th Century German Baroque Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen Figurine 'Chiarina', Russian Ballet 'Carnival', by Paul Scheurich, 20th
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Finest Meissen Porcelain Figurine:
Dancer balancing on the ball of her left foot, lifting her right leg slightly forward with her foot extended downward, leaning her head to the righ...
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Mid-20th Century German Biedermeier Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Antique Meissen Blue Onion Square Scalloped Porcelain Dish
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique early 20th-Century Meissen blue onion square hand painted porcelain dish with scalloped rim. Printed and impressed "Meissen" mark on reverse. This fine blue onion pl...
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Early 20th Century German Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Saucière mit Deckel, Porzellan, farbig bemalt, Meißen, Punktzeit, 18. Jh.
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Mönchengladbach, NW
Saucière mit Deckel, Porzellan, farbig bemalt, Meißen, Punktzeit, 18. Jh.
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Late 18th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Splendour Centerpiece with Dancing Gardener Children Kaendler circa 1860
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Four gardener children, two girls and two boys, dancing hand in hand in a circle around a palm-like plant, on the crown of which rests a breakthrough bowl, the figures are wearing el...
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1860s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen - 4 cups and saucers 'Strohblumenmuster', Marcolini period 1774-1814
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in DELFT, NL
Set of 4 cups and saucers in the beloved strawflower or Strohblumenmuster.
Reliefdecor "Gebrochener Stab" hemispherical cup with standring, handle and fine cobalt blue underglaze pa...
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Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen - figurine of a Bacchant by Kaendler, 1740
By J.J. Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in DELFT, NL
Early Meissen figurine of a bacchant eating from a grapes, as an allegory of autumn.
Model by Joachim Kaendler.
unmarked, ca 1740-60.
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Mid-18th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
White and Gold Gilted Porcelain Plate by Meissen, Germany, 1950s
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Rijssen, NL
Porcelain plate with a rich gold decor, made by Meissen Porcelain, Germany in around 1950.
It was the first porcelain factory in Europe to produce true porcelain outside of Asia.
T...
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1950s German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Coffee Cup with Saucer and Dessert Plate
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vilnius, LT
Meissen porcelain coffee cup with saucer and dessert plate all richly decorated with gold.
Measures:
Cup: H 6 x 9 x 7.5 cm
Saucer: 12 cm
Dessert plate: 14 cm.
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Mid-20th Century German Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Large Figurine Group 'Zephyr & Flora' By C.G. Juechtzer C.1860
By Meissen Porcelain, Christian Gottfried Juechtzer
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent large and rare Meissen figurine group from the 19th century:
The winged Zephyr, the gentle wind god, and Flora, goddess of vegetation and blossom, loosely wrapped in cloths...
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1850s German Classical Greek Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Meissen Figure Group 'Cupids On Dolphin' by Heinrich Schwabe Circa 1890
By Heinrich Schwabe 1, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and loving porcelain figure group of the 19th century:
Two cupids with a dolphin on a restless sea, one of the boys dressed only in cloths sitting on the animal's back and ...
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1890s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Antique German Meissen Dresden Sprays Porcelain Floral Serving Spoon 8.5"
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique German Meissen Dresden porcelain berry serving spoon featuring floral motif.
DIMENSIONS
8.5" x 1.75" x 1.125" (Diameter x Height)
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Early 20th Century Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Antique German Dresden Meissen Gilded Grape Leaves Centerpiece Compote 14"
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Meissen porcelain footed cabinet plate / centerpiece bowl / serving platter / compote featuring scalloped oval form with low relief grapevines, gr...
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Early 19th Century Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Small oval Meissen porcelain openwork dish, 1920s
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Delft, NL
Small oval Meissen porcelain openwork dish, 1920s
An oval small dish by Meissen. An openwork porcelain dish with floral pattern. The rim is openwork porcelain and has 4 in cartouche...
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Early 20th Century German Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Rare Antique German Meissen Porcelain Bowl
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
An antique German Meissen platter offers porcelain construction with Blue pattern and rim, stamped on base as photographed, circa 1760
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18th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine Pair Snowball Thrower & Girl, A. Koenig, c 1910
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very charming Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figurines:
Boy in dark blue jacket, under it a brown vest, striped pants and lace-up shoes, on his head a green cap with a wide brim, a white scarf around his neck, with his right arm reaching far back to throw a snowball at the girl, with his left hand holding more prepared snowballs to his chest. The boy is supported from behind by a small toboggan and is based on round snow base.
The girl in purple flowered dress...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen figures ‘Japanese Couple’, c. 1920.
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Pair Meissen porcelain figures, 20th Century. Modelled after J.J. Kaendler and P.Reineke, as the ‘Japanese Couple’. The lady, holding a parasol, and dressed elegantly, her dress pain...
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1920s German Chinoiserie Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Meissen Rococo Genre Group 'The Happy Parents', by M V Acier, Circa 1860
By Meissen Porcelain, Michel Victor Acier 1
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century:
Young mother in elaborate Rococo house dress: Ruched wide long skirt, bodice, fitted frilled coat with hood, the upswept hair covered by a high voluminous bonnet with ruched hem and bows, sitting on a splendid Louis XVI style bench and placing her right foot on a stool, beside her the happy spouse in frock coat, waistcoat over frilled shirt and knee breeches with white stockings, both embracing each other at the back and looking down at the baby wrapped in cloth and lying half naked on a cushion on both their laps, the father guiding his right hand to the mother's chin in an affectionate gesture. Behind them a little boy in a playsuit and hat, holding a bowl and blowing soap bubbles with a tube.
The group is based on an oval natural base with sculpted flowers and foliage and gold heightened lateral frieze decoration.
Particularly elaborate, detailed design and staffage.
Designed by MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 - 1799) Skilled as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain manufactory in Meissen in 1764, and was there, after Kändler's death in 1775, solely responsible for the artistic interests of the manufactory. He created a large number of groups in the Watteau style...
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Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Shephard and Shephardess
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen Shephard and Shepherdess collecting fruit next to large ewer First modelled by Meyer in 1760.
Circa 1860
Model number is 1776 and 1774.
Underglaze Blue crossed swords
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Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Girl With Doll's Pram, by Konrad Hentschel, 1905
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau Meissen porcelain figure from the time the model was created:
The girl in a white dress and with a blue bow in her long hair bends over the wicker doll's pram and places ...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Large Meissen Figurine Allegory 'The Painting' by Johann Christian Hirt, ca 1885
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely decorative full plastic depiction of a young beauty in classical style, with a bare breast, covering the bare abdomen with a large cloth held together with a shoulder strap...
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1880s German Classical Roman Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Group 'Triumph Of Apollo Over Python' for Catherine II of Russia, c 1860
By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent porcelain sculpture:
Kaendler created the group Apollo and Python as a triangular composition in March and May of1774. Apollo stands in the highest place as the radiant victor over the dragon Python and over the personification of envy, both of whom lie slain at his feet. To the left, Minerva sits as the goddess of prudent war, turning her gaze to the hero. Dressed in helmet and armor, she carries a spear in her right hand and an olive branch in her left, while the owl next to her right foot indicates her identity as Pallas Athena. Just like Apollo, the tsarina protected by Minerva is supposed to leave the envious behind and always triumph over evil.
The group is based on stepped, irregular, yet symmetrical, partially curved base with gold raised frieze decoration and was made in two parts, which were then joined and screwed together.
The design of this group belongs to the models of the 'Great Russian Order...
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Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Art Nouveau Figurine 'Pierrette' by Martin Wiegand, Meissen Germany, ca 1908
By Meissen Porcelain, Martin Wiegand
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figurine:
Red-haired girl sitting on the ground with big hat with brim turned up in front, dressed in green bodice with gold hem, wide sk...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Figurine 'Bajazzo', Russian Ballet 'Carnival', by Paul Scheurich, 20th
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Finest Meissen Porcelain Figurine:
Posing dancer, depicting Vaclav Nijinsky as a bajazzo (or harlequin), with his upper body leaning slightly forward, standing on his right leg, slig...
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Mid-20th Century German Art Deco Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Germany Art Nouveau Figurine Girl With Shawl, by Theodor Eichler, c 1913
By Theodor Eichler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Depiction of a young unclothed Art Nouveau girl with artfully pinned up hair with incorporated hood, a large striped cloth wrapped around her right fo...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Porcelain Boy & The Bird Cage Figure Model
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Atlanta, GA
Meissen, 19th century.
A fine quality Meissen porcelain figurine depicting a young boy playing with his pet bird. The figure stands next to a pierced porcelain bird cage adorned wit...
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19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Very Large Meissen Handle Vase With Bouquet Paintings & Gold, by Leuteritz, 20th
By Ernst August Leuteritz, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very large handled vase in baluster form in baroque style on mounted funnel-shaped stand with bead ring in relief, raised handles on the sides in the form of curled acanthus twigs, w...
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Early 20th Century German Baroque Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Group Four Gardener Children Playing Music, J.J. Kaendler 1850
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen piece from the time the model was created:
Four children in festive rural rococo dress on a high, stepped round pedestal, decorated with a leaf wreath and bow festo...
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Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Genre Love Group With Drum Beater, by F.E. Meyer, Germany Circa 1850
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain group:
On rock pedestal fixed with large rocailles in the foreground sitting musician with tricorn, frock coat over wide sh...
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Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen Adam and Eve Group around Tree of Knowlege
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Altrincham, GB
Modelled with Adam and Eve standing beneath the Tree of Knowledge and about to partake of the Forbidden Fruit, the serpent coils around the branches above them while different animal...
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Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Porcelain Model L125 Figure of A Cupid Mocking
By Meissen Porcelain, Heinrich Schwabe 1
Located in Atlanta, GA
Meissen, 19th century.
A fine quality Meissen porcelain figure featuring a cupid figure draped in a purple cloth with petite wings and very realistic features. This piece was design...
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19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Rare Pair of 19th Century Meissen Nodding Pagodas
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A rare and fine quality pair of 19th century Meissen porcelain nodding Pagodas, each with wonderful bold coloured hand painted decoration, wit...
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19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Set of 2 pcs. German Meissen Porcelain Cream and Milk Pitchers / Jugs
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vilnius, LT
Set of 2 pcs. of German Meissen porcelain cream and milk pitchers / jugs.
Porcelain is white, glazes and hand painted with rich gold decor.
The logo marked on the bottoms.
Dimensions...
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Mid-20th Century German Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine Pair Boy & Girl With Hoops, A. Koenig, c 1910
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figurines:
Two children with colorful hoops:
Standing boy in sailor dress, holding the hoop with both hands behind him standing on the ground,...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Teichert Large Platter Excellently Painted, 19th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
MEISSEN TEICHERT GORGEOUS SERVING PLATTER WITH STUNNING PAINTING:
THERE IS PURPLE RED ( = PURPUR CAMAIEU IN GERMAN ) PICTURE PAINTING IN MIDDLE AR...
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19th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen Large Allegorical Group 'The Fire' by M.V. Acier, Germany Around 1850
By Meissen Porcelain, Michel Victor Acier 1
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century:
Depiction of the merely cloth-covered, bearded and crowned god Hephaestus (Roman: Vulcanus) seated centrally on a rock, holding a long-handled hammer beside him and looking off to the side, surrounded by winged putti representing activities from his trade: Patronizing the entire artistic spectrum of metalworking, including the production of jewelry, weapons, sacred-ritual and profane utilitarian objects, the one helping putto to his right is busy firing a cannon made of metal, to his left another putto is forging on an anvil with the help of a hammer and tongs, in front of him, at his feet are presented ornately crafted war ornaments such as a helmet and shield, at the back a putto holds small torches in both hands.
The group is based on irregular rock base with gold rim.
Designer:
MICHAEL VICTOR ACIER (1736 Versailles - 1799 Dresden)
Trained as a sculptor in Paris, he received a call to the porcelain factory in Meissen in 1762: he created a large number of groups in the Watteau style...
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Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
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-Painted Decoration. An exquisite and fine C...
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1860s German Louis XVI Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen Hand Painted Gilded Porcelain Serving Plate/Tray
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vilnius, LT
Large Meissen Porcelain serving plate/tray with hand painted floral motives and rich gold decor.
Marked on the bottom. Sword with two slashes.
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20th Century German Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Group 'Allegory Of The Volga' for Catherine II of Russia, Kaendler, 1850
By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent porcelain sculpture:
Kändler created this group in 1772, right at the beginning of the work on the large order, as a personification of one of the two great main
rivers of the vast Russian Empire, the natural waterways Volga and Dnieper, important for economy and traffic, which promised prosperity and wealth to the Empire:
The Volga in the form of a river god, seated sideways on heavily relieved fully sculptured rock covered with shells and coins as well as fern and reed plants, fully bearded and crowned with laurel, wrapped in floral patterned purple loincloth. He looks pensively to the side and rests his right arm on an overturned baluster vase, from which water flows together with shells and fish, on the wall of the vase the crowned, rocaille-framed Polish-Lithuanian royal coat of arms with the coat of arms of the Electorate of Saxony. At the same time he touches with his hand an oar with gold ornamentation and crossed red swords, in his left he holds a cornucopia with plastic flowers, ears of grain and coins, symbols of fertility and wealth.
The group is based on the front curved plinth with relief gold heightened meander and ribbon border.
The design of this group belongs to the models of the 'Great Russian Order...
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Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
A 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Figurine Depicting a Cat with Captured Mouse
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A Marvelous 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figurine Depicting a Cat with Captured Mouse.
Standing at an impressive 7 inches tall, this adorable handcrafted, hand-painted Meissen Po...
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1870s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figure Of A Snake Dancer By Max Bochmann Circa 1914
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and extremely decorative full-sculptural depiction of a young dancer in oriental-looking costume, bare-breasted, with long, softly falling skirt slit high at the front and ...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Plate from Meissen, Germany, Late 19th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Chorzów, PL
Blue onion plate from Meissen Germany
Signature from late 19th century
Very good condition, small chip shown at the picture.
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Late 19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Baroque Meissen Porcelain Group Four Children Playing Music, J.J. Kaendler, 1770
By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen piece from the time the model was created:
Four children in festive rural rococo clothing on a high, tiered round base, decorated with a leaf wreath and ribbon fest...
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Late 18th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
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 underside. Please note I have another listing fo...
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20th Century German George IV Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen Gold and Floral Decor Porcelain Plate
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vilnius, LT
German Meissen porcelain plate richly decorated with gold and hand painted floral decor.
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Mid-20th Century German Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen Apple Picking Group
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen Porcelain Figure group of Apple Pickers late 19th Century after a model by J.J. Kaendler and F.E. Meyer of 1751 depicted as a maiden and three young boys climbing a ladder an...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen German Weiss Porcelain Garden Bird Figure
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
From a collection of white and blanc de chine figures we are pleased to offer this fine German porcelain figure of a garden bird by renowned maker Meissen ...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen German Weiss Porcelain Garden Bird Figure
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
From a collection of white and blanc de chine figures we are pleased to offer this fine German porcelain figure of a garden bird by renowned maker Meissen ...
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20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen Germany Porcelain and Gold Baroque Dessert Plates, Set / 11
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Set of 11 Meissen handmade porcelain dessert plates from the opulent Golden Baroque series. The plates have a white glaze finish with ornamental relief designs featuring grape leaf ...
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1950s German Baroque Revival Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Gold
A Meissen Dot Period Porcelain 'Hausmaler' Tea & Coffee Service, 1763-74
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
A Rare Meissen Dot Period Porcelain Hausmaler Eight Person Tea and Coffee Service 1763-74
Additional information:
Date : 1763-1774
Period : Frederick Augustus I Elector of Saxony
Ma...
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18th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
A 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Female Nude Figurine After The Bath, R. Ockelmann
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Female Nude Figurine After The Bath, M 193b, R. Ockelmann. This exquisite porcelain sculpture was skillfully created ...
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1890s German Other Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
18th Century Meissen Marcolini Silhouette Cup and Saucer
By Gottlob Samuel Mohn, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer from the Marcolini period, dating around 1795, decorated with silhouette designs attributed to Samu...
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1790s German Neoclassical Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain serveware, ceramics, silver and glass for sale on 1stDibs.
Meissen Porcelain serveware, ceramics, silver and glass are available for sale on 1stDibs. These distinctive items are frequently made of ceramic and are designed with extraordinary care. There are many options to choose from in our collection of Meissen Porcelain serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, although beige editions of this piece are particularly popular. We have 414 vintage editions of these items in-stock, while there is 3 modern edition to choose from as well. Many of the original serveware, ceramics, silver and glass by Meissen Porcelain were created in the Rococo style in europe during the 19th century. If you’re looking for additional options, many customers also consider serveware, ceramics, silver and glass by Johann Joachim Kändler, KPM Porcelain, and Ernst August Leuteritz. Prices for Meissen Porcelain serveware, ceramics, silver and glass can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — on 1stDibs, these items begin at $69 and can go as high as $257,500, while a piece like these, on average, fetch $3,732.
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Questions About Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022To spot a fake Meissen, first, check the maker’s mark, generally found on the bottom of the porcelain. Meissen used a simple mark, so if you spot one that appears too embellished, it may be a fake. Shop a collection of properly vetted Meissen porcelain from some of the world’s top dealers on 1stDibs.
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