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Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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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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Creator: Meissen Porcelain
Meissen Painted Dual Lidded Rococo Box Relief Decoration Brass Mountings, 1750
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Gorgeous Dual Lidded Rococo Box with Multicolored Paintings and Decorations of Relief Type. The box is edged by brass mountings. height: 6.0 cm (= 2.36 inches) width: 8.0 cm (= 3.14 inches) depth: 4.5 cm (= 1.77 inches) Manufactory: Meissen Blue Meissen Sword Mark isn't visible here, but authenticity guaranteed ! It is well known that early Meissen items of first half of 18th century - especially boxes and other objects of daily use - aren't always signed. Please note: Certificate of this Meissen item's authenticity attached to invoice will be sent ! FIRST QUALITY Dating: made circa 1750 (= PRE-MARCOLINI PERIOD !) Material: porcelain Technique: handmade porcelain / multicolored painted and glazed painter's sign existing SPECIFICATIONS: Dual lidded (= RARITY !) oblong box with rounded edges. It is abundantly ornamented with various multicolored paintings decorating the item's walls in finest manner: °the outer walls of box as well as inner and outer side of one lid are painted with flowers (for example roses, iris flower, dahlias etc.) °outer side of second lid is painted with veduta (= village situated at lake where a boat with three men is visible) °inner side of second lid is painted with animals (= cock and brooding hen...
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1750s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Brass

Meissen Art Nouveau Figure, Boy With Drinking Dog, by Konrad Hentschel, ca 1905
By Julius Konrad Hentschel, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau Meissen porcelain figure from the time the model was created: Boy with brunette hair, dressed in typical children's clothing from around 1900 - dress with white apron, in...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Meissen Art Nouveau Group 'The Air' by Paul Helmig, Germany Around 1900
By Meissen Porcelain, Paul Helmig
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent Meissen porcelain group around 1900: Juno, the Roman goddess of the air (Greek Hera), as a young woman with her hair pinned up, covered only with a cloth, sit...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Meissen Rococo Group 'The Decisive Choice' by J.C. Schoenheit, around 1870
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Carl Schoenheit
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborate large porcelain group of the 19th century: In the centre of the group of three, the chosen one, with a feathered hat and a flower garland around her hips, which also encirc...
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Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Meissen Blue Onion Figural Scalloped Oval Tureen
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Meissen Blue Onion Figural Scalloped Oval Tureen  Germany, late 19th century A magnificent 19th-century Meissen Blue Onion Figural Scalloped Oval Tureen from Germany, late 19th cent...
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19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Meissen Pate Sur Pate Vase of a Neoclassical Maiden Seated on Centaur
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Royal Cobalt Blue Meissen Pate Sur Pate vase of a Maiden seated on a Centaur. Beautifully decorated in cobalt blue, salmon pink, 2...
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1860s German Neoclassical Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Rare Neoclassical Meissen Porcelain Reticulated Centerpiece with Rams Heads
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A large, beautiful, and rare 19th century neoclassical reticulated Meissen centerpiece with open filigree, rams heads, flaming finial, and love bir...
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1870s German Neoclassical Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Pair of Meissen Porcelain Chinoiserie Figural Sweetmeat Dishes, J.J. Kandler
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A fine pair of Meissen porcelain chinoiserie figural sweetmeat dishes, after a model by J.J. Kandler Each with a Malabar chinoiserie figure seated on...
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Mid-20th Century German Rococo Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Early Meissen Cupid Group Around 1750, Allegory of Spring, with Additional Base
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Four scantily clad cupids grouped on a rock, partly flowers, partly holding flower arrangements in their hands, the flowers as a typical attribute of the Meissen spring representatio...
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Mid-18th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Large Meissen Art Nouveau Figure, Flora with Cupids, by Emmerich Oehler, ca 1913
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Art Nouveau Figurine Group by Meissen: Monumental figure of Flora, taking a step forward in dance and holding large, heavy flower garlands of yellow roses, which are wrapped with a blue bow, in hands. The hair of the female nude is artfully tied into a striped cloth, which is held together by blue ribbons and is decorated with leaf branches over the ears. On her left shoulder she carries a naked boy who is holding in an upside down position a golden wreath...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Meissen Bird Figure, European Roller On A Trunk, by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, 20th
By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very elaborate and lovingly designed group of animal figures: European roller leaning forward, also known as almond crow in German-speaking countries, sitting on a tree trunk with o...
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Early 20th Century German Baroque Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Meissen Cupid Group With Dog And Potpourri, By J.J. Kaendler, Germany, Ca 1870
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent piece of Meissen porcelain of the 19th century: Two cupid boys wrapped in cloths, one seated on the ground and playing with a dog, the other leaning against a tree trunk pr...
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Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Large Meissen Porcelain Figurine 'Dancing Vestal Virgin' By E.J. Haenel, Ca 1880
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent large and rare Meissen figurine from the 19th century: Fully sculpted porcelain figurine of an antique-style young beauty standing in a dancing pose in an elaborately pleat...
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1880s German Classical Roman Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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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

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Porcelain

Meissen Dog Group Pug with Puppy and Bells by J.J. Kaendler Germany, circa 1850
By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Lovingly designed group of animals: Sitting female pug with jingle collar, looking attentively to the right, between her legs a small puppy looking out. Designer: Johann Joachim...
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1850s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

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

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Porcelain

Rococo Porcelain Blue Onion Meissen Central Piece Fruit Stand 20th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Uppsala , SE
Rococo Porcelain Centre piece Fruit Stand Blue White Meissen Germany 20th Century The Blue Onion pattern was designed by Johann Gregor Herold in 1739 likely inspired by a Chinese b...
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20th Century German Rococo Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Antique Genuine Meissen Reticulated Porcelain Cattle Plate
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Newark, England
With Finely Painted Cattle Scenes From our Ceramics collection, we are delighted to offer this very unusual Meissen Reticulated Porcelain Plate. The Meissen Plate is beautifully po...
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Mid-19th Century German High Victorian Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Antique Meissen Porcelain Figure of Cupid, L series the Love Series with Heart
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A charming and finely modeled antique Meissen porcelain figure from L series, it's a part of the Love Series which is done by Meissen factory depicting a winged Cupid poised in a gen...
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1880s German Belle Époque Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Gold

Monumental Meissen Porcelain Four Elements Centerpiece/Candelabra
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A Monumental Meissen Porcelain Elemental Centerpiece/Candlabra with Bowls and Candelabra Arms. The centerpiece is composed of porcelain in a multipart structure integrating both bow...
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1860s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Meissen 18th Century Masquerade Lady Patch Box
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Braintree, GB
Meissen 18th century hard-paste porcelain and copper Masquerade lady patch box. Made in Germany, Circa 1750's Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1...
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1750s German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Copper

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 s...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Art Nouveau Children Group 'Two Girls', by A. Koenig, Meissen Germany, ca 1940
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figure group: Two barefoot girls in summer clothes, the older one in a green-brown skirt and white long-sleeved shirt with blue stripes, her hair pinned up in two side bunches, the younger child in a red-purple dress sitting on the ground, holding her by the arm and pulling her up. The model is part of a series of beach motifs by Alfred König. Based on a white round base with a relief structure on the side and a gold rim. Very lifelike and loving representation of the characters and the details Designer: ALFRED KÖNIG (1871 - 1940) studied at the art academy in Dresden, since 1897 he worked in the Meissen manufactory as a designer and modeler. The artist specialized in the design of human figures in various variations, such as genre figures, children, athletes, soldiers etc. Model B 290...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Set of 12 Meissen "Motto Children" Figures
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Antique Meissen complete 12 piece set - "Motto Children" after models by Acier (after drawings by Schoenau). Each figure with an inscribed motto in French on the base that reads as ...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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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

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Porcelain

Meissen Lovely Dog Figurine Terrier by Paul Walther made c. 1935
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Lovely Figurine Of Dog: It Is A Type Of British Smooth Fox Terrier Sitting On White Oval Base / The Dog's Body Is Brownish Coloured, Wit...
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1930s German Art Nouveau Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Meissen Group Allegory 'the Love', by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, circa 1900
By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and exceptional porcelain figure group: Standing young beauty with her hair tied back at the nape of her neck and crowned with a tiara, wearing a long dress softly embraci...
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Early 1900s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Art Nouveau Children Group 'Girl With Child', T. Eichler, Meissen Germany, 1905
By Theodor Eichler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: Two girls in clothing of circa 1900, the elder with hair pinned up in a bun in a blue fringed white dress with a yellow petticoat...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Fine Hand-Painted Meissen Porcelain Model of an Indian Elephant with a Saddle
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A fine 19th century Realistically hand-carved German Meissen Porcelain model of an elephant with a saddle. Modeled in the Indian taste, this elephant is hand-carved and hand-painted by the finest artist's at Meissen...
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19th Century German Islamic Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

18th Century German Decorated Meissen Teapot
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Charlottesville, VA
Meissen teapot decorated with countryside and riverside scenes populated by traveling figures and framed by raised and gilt foliage designs against a pastel green background embellished with floral motifs and raised foliage designs. Spout and handle feature gilt accents and foliage designs and the lid is finished with a floral design in high relief and two scenes of figures in the countryside. Marked on underside with blue crossed swords hallmark. Provenance: Collection of Martin and Helene Schwalberg, owners of The Meissen Shop founded on June 23, 1978, on Worth Ave...
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18th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Ceramic

Meissen Leopard Attacking a Snake, 20th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 20th Century Meissen porcelain model of a Leopard attacking a snake. Batch 71 61587 DSKZN
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20th Century German Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Lady With Muff, by Konrad Hentschel, ca 1906
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Elegant young lady with a wide-brimmed hat, decorated with green-brown-white checkered ribbons and a blue feather, wearing a floor-length white dress with a green hem and button plac...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Porcelain Meissen Cockatoo
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Lisboa, PT
Porcelain Meissen cockatoo from 18th century. The Meissen porcelain factory has gained a reputation for its production of exquisite, high-quality por...
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18th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

An Important Rare 18th C. Ormolu Mounted Meissen Porcelain Putti Clock Grouping
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
An Incredible and Quite Important 18th Century Ormolu Mounted Meissen Porcelain Putti Clock Grouping. The composition is enriched with two putti positione...
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18th Century German Louis XV Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Ormolu

Art Nouveau Figurine 'Pierrette' by Martin Wiegand, Meissen Germany, ca 1908
By Martin Wiegand, Meissen Porcelain
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

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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

Antique Meissen Porcelain Cherub Motto Figurine "Je decouvre tout" Model F13
By Michel Victor Acier 1, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain Cupid figurine. By Meissen. Model no. F13 from the Cupid Motto Series. Entitled "Je decouvre tout". Originally de...
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Early 20th Century German Rococo Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Pair Meissen Porcelain Wag Tails, Perched on a Tree Stump, circa 1900
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of late 19th Century German Meissen Porcelain statues of White Wag tails perched on a tree stump. Signed to the base of each with Blue crossed swords.
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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

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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 milk jug and cover, circa 1760
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Basildon, GB
Meissen milk jug and cover, of baluster shape with wishbone handle and shell spout, painted with two park scene's beneath osier neck and cover, floral top, c.1760, height 16cm, under...
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1760s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Pair of Heart Shaped Meissen Porcelain Candleholders
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Each candleholder finely detailed to the centre with an image of playing cards to one side and crest on the reverses, each image contained within a gilt circle, further enhanced with...
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19th Century German Romantic Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Antique Meissen Porcelain Plaque after Correggio
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in London, GB
Antique Meissen porcelain plaque after Correggio German, 19th Century Measures: Frame: Height 43cm, width 50cm, depth 10cm Plaque: Height ...
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19th Century German Renaissance Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain, Giltwood

Meissen Candlestick with Figurines Gardener Children Model R 185, circa 1870
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Rare Item: Candlestick with Gardener Figurines Manufactory: Meissen Hallmarked: Blue Meissen Sword Mark with Pommels on Hilts Model Number R 185 Former's Number 13 Painter's Number 83 FIRST QUALITY Dating: made circa 1870 Material: porcelain, glossy finish, multicolored painted Technique: handmade porcelain Style: Rococo (made third quarter of 19th century) DETAILED DESCRIPTION: MEISSEN FINEST FIGURINES' GROUP HAVING FUNCTION OF CANDLESTICK (= THIS MEISSEN ITEM IS EXTREMELY RARE !). -- the Children / Gardener Figurines - boy and girl clad in bucolic Rococo garments - gather around a table which seems to grow out from Rocaille base: A pot / lidded jar has been put on table against which the boy is leaning, being busy with smoking a pipe ... A lovely girl with yellow hat is watching him, holding a jug and balancing a hoe on her left shoulder (a hoe is a tool used for gardening). There are a romantic ruin as well as a small leafy tree visible behind the figurines, looking like a theatre backdrop...
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1870s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Antique Meissen Set of 13 Hand-Painted Desert Plates with Fruit Decoration
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This set of antique desert or side plates was made by the renowned Meissen factory of Germany in approximately 1880 in a period Victorian style. The plates are composed of porcelain ...
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Late 19th Century German Victorian Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

19th Century Meissen Hand Painted Cup and Saucer
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Diminutive whimsical 19th century Meissen cup and saucer. The purple trim with gilt decoration with birds and insects. The saucer is 5 inches in...
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19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Vintage Meissen Blue Onion Set of Cup and Saucer Blue White Porcelain
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage set of demitasse cup and saucer was made in Germany of semi-transparent bone china. It is decorated with famous Blue Onion pattern; the cup has geometric shape and the angul...
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Mid-20th Century German Georgian Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Pair Meissen Porcelain Pug Dog Figures With Pup After J.J.Kaendler
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A beautiful pair of heavy Meissen porcelain figures of Pug Dogs with gilt bell collars on blue ribbons.The larger Pug with attached pup. Exquisitely hand-painted with realistic tones and colors. Each Pug is wearing a vibrant blue color ribbon collar...
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20th Century Regency Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Art Nouveau Children Group Girl With Child A. Koenig, Meissen Germany, c 1905
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain figure group: Girl and child in clothing from around 1900, the girl in a blue patterned long-sleeved dress with a white apron kneeling on the ...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

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 classic porcelain white and decorated to t...
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20th Century German Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Art Nouveau Group 'Girl With Goat', by Erich Hoesel, Meissen Germany, ca 1905
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: Girl in a striped dress with polka dots and a white blouse holding a bouquet of flowers in both hands above her head and fending off a ...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

19th Century Meissen Figuren an Apple Picker, Shepherd and Woodman
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An impressive 19th century Meissen Porcelain figurine depicting a young girl picking apples, a shepherd with his sheep drinking wine and a woodsman crouching with his dog by his side...
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19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Meissen Art Nouveau Group 'the Air' by Paul Helmig, Germany, Around 1900
By Paul Helmig, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare and excellent Meissen porcelain group around 1900: Juno, the Roman goddess of the air (Greek Hera), as a young woman with her hair pinned up, covered only with a cloth, si...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Set of Twelve Meissen Porcelain Plates with Putti and Heavenly Scenes
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous and pristine set of twelve neoclassical style 19th century Meissen Porcelain plates hand painted with putti, fruit, garland, and heavenly scenes. The center of each plate ...
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1860s German Neoclassical Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Meissen Porcelain Large Plate or Charger Hand Painted and Gilded, circa 1870
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful large plate or charger, with a finely hand painted pattern by the Meissen factory in fine white porcelain and dating to the 19th century, circa 1870. The plate h...
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19th Century German 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

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Porcelain

Antique Meissen Porcelain Gilt Covered Sugar Jar with Floral Decoration
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain covered box. By Meissen. Decorated with blue underglaze flowers with gilt stems and twigs on a white ground, and the lid with a figural flower bud finial. ...
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Early 20th Century German Art Nouveau 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

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Porcelain

Art Nouveau Bowl with Nymph and Girl, by P. Helmig, Meissen Germany, ca 1910
By Meissen Porcelain, Paul Helmig
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group: Flat oval bowl with an irregular, wavy lined and partially pierced rim, on the narrow sides two naked figures facing each other, a young girl and a young woman with long hair playing in the waist-deep, foaming water, the girl spreading...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass

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Porcelain

Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Classical Boy Holding Flowers
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very fine and scarce antique German porcelain classical figure of a boy holding flowers by world renowned porcelain makers Meissen and dating fro...
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1850s German Victorian 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.
Questions About Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022
    To 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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