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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Creator: Meissen Porcelain
Antique Meissen Porcelain Tea Tray with Cobalt Blue Border
Spray Flowers
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique porcelain tea tray or serving platter.
By Meissen.
With a scalloped rim and a rich cobalt blue border.
There are hand paint...
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20th Century German Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Figurine Busts of a Man
Woman by Peter Strang
By Meissen Porcelain, Peter Strang
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of miniature Meissen porcelain busts.
By Peter Strang.
In the form of a man and woman in casual clothing. The man wears an argyle sweater a...
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20th Century German Modern Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Large Oval Meissen Wall Mirror Crownd With Winged Cupids, Leuteritz, Ca. 1860
By Meissen Porcelain, Ernst August Leuteritz
Located in Vienna, AT
Rare large oval relief porcelain mirror: colourful oval lenses alternate with blue forget-me-not flowers, bordered on the inside by inwardly curved pink and turquoise hightened overl...
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1860s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Mid-19thCentury Golden Porcelain Covered Cup Multicolors Flower Drawings
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small Meissen masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail.
A piece for refined collectors or useful to star...
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Mid-19th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
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...
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1860s German Louis XVI Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Augustus Rex Helena Wolfsohn Gilt, Painted And Reticulated Compote
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Norwood, NJ
Antique porcelain centerpiece/fruit plate on pedestal by Augustus Rex Helena Wolfsohn. Tazza/compote, decorated with terracotta, gold and hand painted harbor scenes. Traditional used...
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Mid-19th Century German Louis XV Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Rococo Group
Love and Reward
, by J.C. Schoenheit, Around 1850
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Carl Schoenheit
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborate porcelain group of the 19th century:
Young mother in elaborate Rococo clothing, seated on a magnificent Louis XVI-style armchair, resting her left foot on a low pedestal, ...
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Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century, Meissen Porcelain Ram
s Head
Floral Centerpiece
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Meissen porcelain centerpiece of oval openwork construction, two floral windows oppose each of the main bodies of the piece and are flanked by a pair of beautiful ram's head handle...
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19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$1,200 Sale Price
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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
$1,996 Sale Price
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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
Materials
Porcelain
$22,000 Sale Price / set
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Meissen Mid-18th Century Cup White Porcelain with Golden Drawings Japonese Style
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: the fine porcelain is designed in gold with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail.
A piece for refined collectors or useful to star...
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Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Group, Children Dancing Around A Tree, By J.J. Kaendler, 20th Century
By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain
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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Mid-20th Century German Rococo Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure Group of the Drunken Silenus
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A Meissen Porcelain figure group of the Drunken Silenus, late 19th century, after the model by F E Meyer, the slumped figure on the back of an ass supp...
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19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
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
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Scent Bottle Rocaille En Miniature Watteau Pictures Painted Made
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen nicest rare scent bottle en miniature
Please note: Abundantly painted with Watteau scenes!
Manufactory: Meissen
Dating: made during first half of 19th century (circa 18...
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1850s 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 s...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Mid-18th Century Porcelain Cup with Dish White Blue and Gold
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brescia, IT
This is a small masterpiece of craftsmanship: The fine porcelain is designed with floral and natural scenes, rich in detail.
A piece for refined collectors or useful to start a coll...
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Mid-18th Century Austrian Baroque Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair, Meissen Opposing Courting Scene Porcelain "Green Ivy" Platters 19.75"
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Atlanta, GA
Meissen, circa 1940.
Immerse yourself in timeless elegance with this exquisite pair of Meissen "Green Ivy" porcelain platters, crafted circa 1940. Each platter, measuring an impress...
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Early 20th Century German Rococo Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Enamel
$2,240 Sale Price / set
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Early Meissen Cupid Group
Allegory Autumn
, By J.J. Kaendler, Germany, Ca 1760
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent piece of Meissen porcelain of the 18th century:
Four cupids in cloths grouped together with a billy goat lying on the ground, a cupid crowned with vines sitting on the anim...
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Mid-18th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Figure Group
Ice-Scaters
, by Alfred Koenig, Meissen Germany, 1910
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Delicate Meissen Art Nouveau porcelain group:
Skating couple in elegant Winter clothing: the lady in a long white skirt, pink jacket with white hem, white cap and long ermine scarf, ...
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1910s German Art Nouveau Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Continental German Meissen Porcelain and Gilt Centerpiece
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Queens, NY
Continental German Meissen (18/19th Century) porcelain oval shaped 2 section white and gilt trimmed centerpiece with floral & filigree design and suppor...
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Early 19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Late 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Group of Two Lovers
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting late 19th Century Meissen Porcelain group of two seated lovers.
Blue crossed swords mark to base.
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Late 19th Century German Romantic Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Large 19th Century German Gilt-Trimmed Meissen Porcelain Vase
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Queens, NY
19th century German large blue and white Meissen porcelain vase with gilt trim and scroll handles.
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19th Century German Napoleon III Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Gold
Ormolu Windmill with Meissen Harlequin and Columbine
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Basildon, GB
Windmill from the Louis XV period, decorated with 2 Meissen porcelain figures and gilt bronze.
The movement of the mill signed inside ‘Bunon Fecit ParisiSe’ , and likely to be the w...
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Mid-18th Century German Louis XV Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Ormolu
$8,603 Sale Price
40% Off
Antique 19th Century Meissen Egg Floral Gilt Trinket Box, France, 1875, Cobalt
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Egg-shaped box, Meissen (Germany) dated to 1875 based on its mark, with gilding, cobalt blue accents and tremendous floral design.
Category
Late 19th Century German Empire Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Meissen Legume Dishes from the Marcolini Period, 18th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Milano, IT
An elegant and rare pair of Meissen serving dishes from the Marcolini period. The pair of legume dishes is made of the finest porcelain. Under each saucer we find the Meissen manufac...
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Early 1800s German Neoclassical Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$4,263 Sale Price / set
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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
$1,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Meissen group
A good mother
19th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century Meissen porcelain group entitled 'A good mother'
Having wonderful detail and bold colours to the figures. The mother seated with a child holding her ...
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19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Group
The Wine Press
With 7 Winemaker Children, J.J. Kändler, Ca. 1924
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain sculpture:
Group of seven gardener children in elaborate Rococo clothing placed around a wine press, sitting on it, manipulating the machine, eating grape...
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Early 20th Century German Baroque Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Charger with Decoration a Flower Bunches, Marcolini Period Ca. 1800
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in CH
Meissen Charger with Floral Bouquet Decoration
Marcolini Period, circa 1800
A large Meissen porcelain charger decorated with stylized bouquets of flow...
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1790s German Neoclassical Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th century German Meissen painted porcelain model of a Pigeon
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Dublin, IE
A very colorful and attractive 19th century Meissen painted porcelain model of a Pigeon, with feathered feet, on rocky base, with unglazed blue crossed swords mark to base.
Circa 18...
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19th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Very Large Mythological Meissen Group
Apollo
Daphne
By J.J. Kaendler, C 1860
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent large and rare Meissen figurine group from the 19th century:
Apollo, clothed with a cloak, attempts to seize Daphne from behind as she flees from him and freezes into a lau...
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Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
21th Century Meissen Porcelain Mug Bayreuth Richard Wagner Fantaisie
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Epfach, DE
Meissen Mug Richard Wagner Bayreuth
Richard Wagner's first residence in Bayreuth was in Fantaisie, next to Donndorf Castle. the picture on the chisel cup i...
Category
2010s German Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$184 Sale Price / set
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Large Meissen Porcelain Figurine Group
Apollo
Daphne
, By Juechtzer, Ca. 1860
By Christian Gottfried Juechtzer, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent large and rare Meissen figurine group from the 19th century:
Apollo clothed with a cloak embraces Daphne from behind, who is fleeing from him and has already frozen into a ...
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1860s German Classical Roman Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Meissen Landscape Dekorative Plate
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Remshalden-Grunbach, DE
Mid-19th century Meissen landscape dekorative plate
Reticulated porcelain plate with gold rim and cobalt blue background. Three groups of colored flowers are drawn on the edge of ...
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Mid-19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
21th Century Meissen Porcelain Mug Bayreuth Richard Wagner Fantaisie
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Epfach, DE
Meissen Mug Richard Wagner Bayreuth
Richard Wagner's first residence in Bayreuth was in Fantaisie, next to Donndorf Castle. the picture on the chisel cup i...
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2010s German Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$165 Sale Price
20% Off
Meissen Rococo Figure
Huntress with Dog
, by J.C. Schoenheit, Around 1880
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Carl Schoenheit
Located in Vienna, AT
Elaborate porcelain figure of the 19th century:
Young lady with rococo wig dressed as a huntress: black trident hat with colorful feather decoration, softly falling dress...
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Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Boy On Wooden Horse, by Konrad Hentschel, 1905
By Meissen Porcelain, Julius Konrad Hentschel
Located in Vienna, AT
Boy in a white shirt with a newspaper cap riding on a wooden horse with wheels.
Modeling and painting of the finest quality, excellent lifelike and loving details.
Modeller:
JULIUS ...
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Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Rococo Group
The Good Father
by J.C. Schönheit, 20th Century
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Carl Schoenheit
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain genre group:
The father in domestic garb (housecoat over elaborate house clothes, slippers, high cap) sitting on a cushioned bench and busy supervising hi...
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Late 20th Century German Rococo Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen, Cupid in Trouble, 19th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality 19th century Meissen porcelain group, depicting a cupid in trouble, crossed swords to the base.
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19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Coffee Set For 6 Persons Diadem, Indian Border No. 129, 20th Century
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Meissen Coffee & Dessert Set for 6 Persons:
Decor number 363610 - Diadem, Indian border No. 129 - light, colourful with copper tones, gold edge
23 parts:
1 Coffee pot with lid - H ...
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1960s German Other Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Young Lady Ball Player by Walter Schott, ca 1940
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely decorative, fully sculptural representation of an Art Nouveau beauty in a softly falling robe, tilted forward to throw a golden ball, with the left forearm holding the back...
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1930s German Art Nouveau Vintage Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Allegorical Group
The Water
, by M.V. Acier, Germany, Around 1860
By Michel Victor Acier 1, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain group of the 19th century:
Nymph, covered only with a cloth, seated on a half shell floating on the water, holding the cloth at one end so that it forms ...
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Mid-19th Century German Baroque Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
21th Century Meissen Porcelain Espressoset richard Wagner Bayreuth Fantaisie
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Epfach, DE
hard Wagners first residence in Bayreuth was in Fantasia, next to Donndorf Castle. The picture on the porcelain is after a watercolor by Susanne Schinkel, the daughter of the famous ...
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2010s German Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
$184 Sale Price
20% Off
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 Mythological Figurine, Ganymede On Cloud Base, Kaendler, Circa 1860
By Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
The young man, covered only with a cloth, known in Greek mythology as ‘the most beautiful of all boys’, sits on the back of Zeus, who has been transformed into an eagle, and is carri...
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1860s German Baroque Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Two Figurine Groups Four Seasons Allegories by Kaendler, circa 1850
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Pair of splendid figurine groups
Manufactory: Meissen Germany
Dating: made circa 1850
Material: white porcelain, glossy finish
Technique: handmade porcelain, finest painting
...
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1850s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
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
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Snake Handle Vase With Flower Boquet Painting, by Leuteritz, Ca 1880
By Meissen Porcelain, Ernst August Leuteritz
Located in Vienna, AT
Very large double snake handle vase in baluster form on a mounted funnel-shaped stand, handles in the form of coiled snake pairs raised on the side, white and cobalt blue base, fine ...
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1880s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-19th Century Meissen "fan shaped vase"
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Remshalden-Grunbach, DE
Mid-19th century Meissen "fan shaped vase".
The vase can be divided into two parts. The main body and base of the vase.
Two birds of paradise perched on a branch are depicted in...
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Mid-19th Century German Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
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
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen Double Handle Vase w/ Lovers and Floral Panels after Watteau
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A Gorgeous and large Meissen double handle vase with Watteau lovers panel and flower panel scenes. The panels are completed after the works by Jean-Antoine Watteau, the most famous F...
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1890s German Louis XVI Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Rococo Group, Shpherd Couple Under Trees, by J.J. Kaendler, Ca 1860
By Meissen Porcelain, Johann Joachim Kaendler
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent and rare Meissen porcelain genre group:
Elegantly dressed Rococo couple in the shade of a group of trees: a young lady sitting at the feet of her beau, leaning back against...
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1860s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Meissen Cherub
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting late 19th Century Meissen Porcelain cherub, press two hearts together. Wonderful bold colours, blue underglaze blue crossed swo...
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Late 19th Century German Classical Greek Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
19th C Meissen Porcelain Allegorical Group of Three Putti with Musical Motifs
By Meissen Porcelain
Located in New York, NY
A Beautiful 19th century Meissen Porcelain allegorical grouping of three putti with musical Motifs. One putti is seen with a trumpet in his hand, the other putti is seen playing a ly...
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1870s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
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
Materials
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
Materials
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 perf...
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Late 20th Century German Biedermeier 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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1870s German Rococo Antique Meissen Porcelain Serveware, Ceramics, Silver and Glass
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen Cupid Group
Allegory - The Four Seasons
, By Leuteritz, Ca. 1880
By Meissen Porcelain, Ernst August Leuteritz
Located in Vienna, AT
An excellent and rare Meissen group of the seasons with large figures:
Four amoretti wrapped in cloths grouped on a rock, representing the four seasons: a female amoretto as spring w...
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1880s German Rococo 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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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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