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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Period: 19th Century
Creator: Meissen Porcelain
Pair of Meissen porcelain pot pourri & covers, c. 1870.
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
A fine pair of Meissen porcelain pot pourri and cover, c. 1870. Modelled in Marcolini Period style, each pot pourri having pierced shoulders, supported upon three angular feet, with ...
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1870s German Victorian Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Antique German Meissen Continental Porcelain Parrot Bird Green Gilt 19th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Very Stylish German Meissen Glazed Porcelain Parrot of exceptional quality, last quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
Naturalistically modelled and perched on a tree stump above a roc...
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19th Century German Late Victorian Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery
Antique Pair of German Meissen Continental Parrots Birds Green Gilt 19th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Very Stylish Pair of German Meissen Glazed Porcelain Parrots of exceptional quality, last quarter of the Nineteenth Century.
Each naturalistically modelled and perched on tree stum...
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19th Century German Late Victorian Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Ceramic, Porcelain, Pottery
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 with acanthus termini. The base is gadrooned and fluted with Fine classical detailin...
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1870s German Neoclassical Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen Splendour Clock With Gardener Figures On Pedestal by Leuteritz, Ca 1880
By Meissen Porcelain, Ernst August Leuteritz
Located in Vienna, AT
The clock and the pedestal were designed by Leuteritz using old forms in the Rococo style:
The clock case rises on a rock base with gold heightened rocailles, richly decorated with d...
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1880s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Allegorical Group 'The Agriculture', by M.V. Acier, Germany, Ca 1870
By Meissen Porcelain, Michel Victor Acier 1
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century.
Very large depiction of the allegory of agriculture grouped around an apple tree:
in the foreground an elderly man chopping wood...
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Late 19th Century German Baroque Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Pair 18th C. Meissen Porcelain Covered Tureens w/ 19th C. French Ormolu Mounts
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Marcolini Period Covered Tureens with 19th Century French Ormolu Mounts. These tureens show the combination of iconic French and German porc...
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19th Century German Louis XVI Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Bronze
Pair Meissen figures ‘Vintner & Companion’, c. 1870.
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Gargrave, North Yorkshire
Pair Meissen porcelain ‘Vintners & Companion’, c. 1870.
£1,550.00
A fine pair of Meissen porcelain figures, c. 1870. Modelled after Michel Victor Acier, and based on a drawing by Jo...
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1870s German Georgian Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
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 set of painted porcelain plates. The reticulated basketweave edges are highlighted with gilt touches throughout, as well as additional gilt around the cobalt rings...
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19th Century Romantic Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen Splendour Clock 'The Four Seasons' by E.A. Leuteritz, Around 1880
By Meissen Porcelain, Ernst August Leuteritz
Located in Vienna, AT
The clock case was designed by Ernst August Leuteritz using old moulds in the Rococo style: The clock case rises on a base with gold-highlighted rocailles, richly decorated with deli...
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1880s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen Parrot, late 19th century.
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting late 19th century Meissen porcelain figure of a Parrot perched on a tree stump, having wonderful bolding colouring and having blue crossed swords signature to the base....
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Late 19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Early Meissen Rococo Group 'Love and Indulgence' by J.C. Schönheit, Ca 1840
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Carl Schoenheit
Located in Vienna, AT
Exceptional Meissen porcelain genre group:
Young mother seated on a magnificent Louis XVI-style armchair, her left foot set down on a low stool, a boy lying on his stomach on her left thigh, his white shirt slipped up to reveal his bare buttocks, which the mother has probably just struck with the cane in her left hand, to her right a girl in a dress and hat decorated with feathers, clasping her mother's arm so that she can no longer strike the boy.
The group is based on an oval pedestal with gold heightened frieze decoration on the sides.
Particularly elaborate, detailed design and staffage.
This model was based on drawings by Johann Eleazar Zeissig, known as 'Schenau' (1737-1806).
Designed by JOHANN CARL SCHÖNHEIT (1730 - 1805) in 1788
started working as an apprentice in the Meissen factory in 1741 and has been in a responsible position since 1768. For more than 20 years, Schönheit was an employee of both J.J. Kändler as well as from M.V. Acier, who entered the Meissen factory in 1762. After Kändler's death in 1775, Schönheit was head of the model department until 1794.
Design of the model in 1788
Manufactory: Meissen Germany
Dating: made around 1840
Material: white porcelain, glossy finish
Technique: handmade porcelain, finest hand painting
Dimensions:
height: 25,5 cm / 10.03 in
width: 18,0 cm / 7.08 in
depth: 16,0 cm / 6.29 in
Marks:
Blue Meissen crossed sword mark
Model number: I 66 / former's number 35 / painter Da..
Bibliography:
Thomas & Sabine Bergmann, Meissen Artist's - Figures / Erlangen Germany 2014, Model numbers A1 - Z99, page 31...
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Early 19th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain, Love Series: Cupid Mailing a Love Letter with Love Bird C1870
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
Meissen Porcelain, Love Series: Cupid Mailing a Love Letter with Love Bird C1870, SUPREME
A Meissen porcelain figure from the Love Series: Cupid Mailing a Love Letter with a Love Bi...
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1860s German Louis XVI Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 4, Antique Meissen Blue Onion Pattern Knife Rests Circa 19th century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Atlanta, GA
Meissen (German, founded 1710), circa late 19th century.
A set of 4 antique Meissen blue onion pattern knife rests. Each marked appropriately.
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19th Century German Baroque Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Meissen tray
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
19th Century Meissen porcelain tray, depicting fisherman and women, with a galleon in the background.
Batch 75 G9855/22 DNKZZ
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Late 19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Large Meissen Pair Of Gardener Figurines, By Kaendler & Schoenheit, Ca 1860
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler, Johann Carl Schoenheit
Located in Vienna, AT
Gardener couple consisting of two individual figures.
The female gardener wears rural rococo clothing: a dress with elaborate floral decoration and pinne...
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Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Snake Handle Vase With Soft Flower Painting, by Leuteritz, c 1865 H:48cm
By Meissen Porcelain, Ernst August Leuteritz
Located in Vienna, AT
Very large double snake-handled vase in baluster form on a mounted funnel-shaped base, the handles raised at the sides in the form of coiled pairs of snakes, white ground, the front ...
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1860s German Baroque Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Of 2-Storey Meissen Porcelain Centerpieces With Gardener Children, Ca. 1860
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Pair of delicate porcelain centrepieces on a high, round base with curved boss decoration, the shaft divided by bead-like extensions, above two tiers in the form of two differently s...
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1860s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
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
Materials
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
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
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 Meissen Porcelain, Heinrich Schwabe 1
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
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
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
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
Materials
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
Materials
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
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Porcelain
Meissen Group 'Allegory Of The Volga' for Catherine II of Russia, Kaendler, 1850
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
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
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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
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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
Excellent Meissen Rococo Love Group 'The Test Of Love', by M.V. Acier, Ca 1860
By Meissen Porcelain, Michel Victor Acier 1
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Rococo love group in splendid clothes in front of ornate column monument: the gallant sitting on the pedestal of the pedestal at the feet of his beloved, on his lap a basket full of flowers and a flower garland, a sign of his exuberant love, handing the beloved a bouquet of flowers, the latter plucking off the petals of a flower one after the other to find out whether he really loves her or not - a time-honored game of lovers.
The group is characterized by particularly elaborate, detailed and loving design and staffage and is based on oval meadow base with gold heightened lateral frieze decoration and gold borders.
A successful representation of one of the bourgeois themes that had become popular in the course of the 18th century, for example, through the paintings of Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725 - 1805).
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 Kaendler'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
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
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Hand Painted Porcelain Figurine Of A Middle East Lady
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Guaynabo, PR
A Meissen Porcelain figurine of a Middle East lady. It depicts a lady dressed with a white and pink robed garb. She is wearing a Middle East headdress painted green and turquoise col...
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Early 19th Century German Other Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th C. Meissen 'Winey Wife' Caricature Bottle Stopper / Corkscrew with Case
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
19th C. Meissen 'Winey Wife' Caricature Bottle Stopper / Corkscrew with Case
Germany, Circa 1860s
An exceptional 19th-century Meissen 'Winey Wife' caricatu...
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Mid-19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Metal
Meissen Group Bacchanal With Wine Barrel, by Kaendler & Meyer, Germany Ca 1870
By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare, excellent porcelain group of the 19th century:
Youthful Bacchus with nymph and putti grouped around a large wine cask: The Bacchant, covered with a leopard skin, sitting sideways on the barrel, holding up grapes in his left hand and a wine glass with lid...
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1870s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
A Large 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Fisherman with a Net
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A Large 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Fisherman with a Net. As one's gaze ascends, attention is drawn to the fisherman's head, crowned by a wonderfully crafted utilitarian s...
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1880s German Other Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pear Shaped Meissen Vase with Cover and Vines with Flowers and Fruits
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful early 19th century pear shaped Meissen covered vase with raised fruits, vines and flowers. The vase is finely hand painted with pink ...
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1810s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
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Porcelain
Meissen Large Allegorical Group 'The Air' 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 a bearded old man with angel wings, covered only with a cloth, sitting in the middle of a mountain of clouds, probably Chronos from Greek mythology, symbolizing the passage of life and reminding us that time flies, holding a long staff (usually with sickle) in his hand, surrounded by winged putti, representing activities on and with air: To the right of the old man a standing putto with waving cloth, embracing a peacock, the bird of paradise and symbol of heaven, and breathing into a tube forming a soap bubble, in the foreground wind is produced with the help of a bellows, to the left of and behind Chronos two putti with garlands of flowers and a little bird in their
hands.
The group is based on an earth pedestal with piled up clouds and 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
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
Large Meissen Green Court Dragon Platter Painted with Dragons and Phoenix Birds
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Boston, MA
I want to offer you this beautiful Meissen green court dragon large platter dating back to the 1880s. The platter is 19 inches wide and 13.5 inches tall. You can see the detailed paintings of the dragons and the phoenix birds and the rich gold accents on this Meissen platter. The original Meissen court dragon...
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1880s German Other Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Spring Season Group
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen group Allegory of Spring (Der Frühling). First modelled by Johann Carl Schönheit in 1782. Two children with birdcage and garland of flowers.
Impressed G91, painters Mark 6...
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Mid-19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
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
Meissen Pair of Meissen Gardeners Man and Woman
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of Meissen Gardeners. First modelled by Acier c.1777. The man leaning on his spade handle with watering can under his elbow. The woman with a bas...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
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
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Cupid Lighting Hearts with Flame ‘Je Les Enflamme’
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen figure of cupid lighting hearts with flame from a series of 16 each inscribed with the motto in french on the base. In this instance it says ‘Je Les Enflamme’ ‘I Ignite them’...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Girl and Boy Feeding Chickens and Geese Pink and Blue
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Altrincham, GB
Pair of Meissen Figures. The girl feeding chickens, the boy feeding geese. The pair first modelled by J.J Kaendler in 1761.
This pair circa 1870...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
2 Antique Meissen German Porcelain Lidded Chocolate Tea Cups & Saucers on Stands
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Dayton, OH
"Pair of exqusite antique 19th century Meissen porcelain demitasse chocolate cups with lids and saucers, decorated with pink and gold borders and landscapes with stone buildings. Both are beautifully displayed on wooden stands.
Provenance : Jerome Schottenstein Estate, Columbus Ohio. Jerome was was an American entrepreneur and philanthropist, co-founder of Schottenstein Stores Corp. The Schottenstein family were Lithuanian immigrants who began an extensive business empire in the late 19th Century. Schottenstein Stores owns stakes in DSW and American Signature Furniture...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain, Hardwood
Meissen Commedia Dell'Arte Group Harlequin Family by J.J. Kaendler Germany c1870
By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Very rare Commedia dell'Arte figure group from the 19th century:
Harlequin and Columbine with child dancing in a circle: Harlequin in green jacket with golden buttons and white ruff...
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1850s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Parrot Green and Blue Plumage
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen Parrot first modelled by JJ Kaendler circa 1740.
Height 30cm / 12inches
Model number 20
Painters mark 27
Cross swords in underglaze...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Figure of Sense of Sight 'Senses Series'
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Altrincham, GB
Meissen Figure of Sense of Sight from the series of the five senses. Model number E3.
First modelled by J.C Schoenhelt in 1772.
Height is 14cm.
Underglaze blue crossed sword...
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Late 19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
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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