Porcelain Shelves Dresden Porcelain with Cherubs, circa 1880

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Porcelain Shelves Dresden Porcelain with Cherubs, circa 1880

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Wooden shelves supported by porcelain figurines and columns, most probably made by Dresden Porcelain Manufactory during second half of 19th century, decorated with cherubs at top piece: The figurines are strongly influenced by models which had once been created by Johann Joachim Kändler on behalf of Meissen manufactory - these are Season's Cherubs / the one wearing purple red mantle and heating his hands at blazing fire is WINTER, the second one having flower wreath on its head is SPRING. - The shelves are supported by PORCELAIN COLUMNS which are partially covered with sculptured flower's wreaths with leaves / the column's middle areas are multicolored painted with Gallant Figurines of Watteau style. Although there isn't any mark visible, referring style is strongly indicating a porcelain manufactory situated in Saxony / Dresden: For this reason we have to assume the porcelain was most probably manufactured by Dresden Porcelain Manufactory: It is the so-said Sächsische Porzellanmanufaktur Dresden ( = Saxon Porcelain Manufactory in Dresden ), often known in English simply as Dresden Porcelain, situated in Freital near Dresden, which had been founded in 1872 and still keeps alive the long tradition of European porcelain art. Since 1902, Dresden Porcelain has a blue "SP Dresden" registered trademark [WIKIPEPIA] . ____________________________________________________________ measures: total height: 51.0 cm ( = circa 20.4 inches ) height of figurines: 12.5 cm ( = circa 5.0 inches ) total width: 41.0 cm ( = circa 16.4 inches ) depth: 13.0 cm ( = circa 5.2 inches ) Please note: There are TWO MIRRORS attached to backplane of shelves.

Creator:
Dresden Porcelain (Manufacturer)
Dimensions:
Height: 20.4 in (51.82 cm)Width: 16.4 in (41.66 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain
Place of Origin:
Germany
Period:
19th Century
Date of Manufacture:
circa 1880
Condition:
Seller Location:
Vienna, AT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU101441321034

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Dresden Porcelain

Dresden porcelain, as a term, is the subject of some confusion. In some contexts, it refers to the hard-paste ceramic wares produced by the workshops that sprang up in and around the Saxon capital in the 19th century. In others, it denotes only the output of one of these, Sächsische Porzellanmanufaktur Dresden, known in English as simply Dresden Porcelain, which was established in 1872 in the city of Freital, Saxony. Complicating matters further, early publications about porcelain often used “Dresden” and “Meissen” interchangeably. It is true that the cities of Dresden and Meissen are connected through their long, shared history of decorative arts production and, in fact, most Meissen porcelain was sold in Dresden, the artistic and cultural center of Saxony. However, Meissen is the site of the factory that produced the first European porcelain, at the turn of the 18th century, while Dresden did not come into prominence until the mid-19th century, during the high point of the Rococo revival. And while Meissen is known for manufacturing porcelain, from clay models through finished product, Dresden is celebrated for its decorating studios, of which there were several dozen in and around the city during the 19th century. Their skilled painters often used “blanks” from Meissen as their canvases. So a piece of Dresden porcelain may have been formed and fired at Meissen, painted in Dresden, and ultimately sold in one of that city’s shops.

The figurines, plates and vases produced during the 19th century via this complex process remain appealing to this day, their bright hues and pastoral imagery typical of the Rococo revival, which brought scrollwork, shells, foliage, flowers and fruit back into vogue after decades of restrained Neo-Classicism and austere Gothic Revival design. Dresden figurines, which like their Meissen counterparts were inspired by the characters of the Commedia dell'Arte, have a witty, cheerful quality that has been likened to that of scenes painted by Watteau and Fragonard.

Before its near-total destruction during World War II, Dresden was home to more than 200 painting studios. The Dresden style, however is associated with wares bearing the blue crown mark (Meissen’s mark is a pair of cobalt blue crossed swords), which was first registered in 1883 by Richard Klemm, Donath & Co, Oswald Lorenz, and Adolph Hamann. Prominent painters from this period include Helena Wolfsohn, Franziska Hirsch, Ambrosius Lamm — whose skill in the application of metallic or lustre paints is on lavish display in this dinner service from the 1920s — and Carl Thieme, a master in floral painting, as demonstrated by his decoration on this circa 1901 ram’s head urn. Dresden painters also used a decorative technique known as “Dresden lace.” This involved dipping real lace into liquid porcelain and applying it to a figure, which was then fired in a kiln. The fabric would burn away, leaving a fragile, crinoline-like shell — the type of delicate and whimsical detail that characterizes Dresden porcelain, one of Europe’s great ceramic traditions.