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Material: Ceramic
Creator: Meissen Porcelain
Meissen Group Allegory
the Love
, by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, circa 1900
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...
Category
Early 1900s German Rococo Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century German Decorated Meissen Teapot
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...
Category
18th Century German Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Early Meissen Rococo Group
Love and Indulgence
by J.C. Schönheit, Ca 1840
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...
Category
Early 19th Century German Rococo Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Sculpture, 19th Century Style, 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Meissen porcelain sculpture, 19th century style, 20th century.
A Meissen porcelain sculpture of a Chinese man in traditional dress, 20th century, 19th century style.
H: 17cm, D: 6cm
Category
20th Century German Chinoiserie Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen Bacchanal Group, Bacchus And His Entourage, By Leuteritz, Ca. 1860
Located in Vienna, AT
Bacchus with a nymph, putto and satyr grouped around a wine barrel:
The cheerful youthful god, his head crowned with a dense wreath of vines, his loins covered with a large leopard s...
Category
1880s German Rococo Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
c.1735-40 An Exceptional Meissen Teapot, Hand-Painted Chinoiserie Trading Scene
Located in Skien, NO
An Important Early Meissen Porcelain Teapot, Ca. 1735-40: Finely Painted with Chinoiserie Trading Scenes and Gilt Decoration
An exceptional and important early Meissen porcelain tea...
Category
Early 18th Century German Rococo Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$6,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Meissen Cupid Group With Dog And Potpourri, By J.J. Kaendler, Germany, Ca 1870
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...
Category
Mid-19th Century German Rococo Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures,
Turkish / Persian Lady
Gentleman
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Meissen Porcelain Figures, Turkish / Persian Lady
Gentleman. circa 1755
Both designed by Johann Joachim Kaendler, Rare and early examples of both models.
Category
1750s German Rococo Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$5,271 Sale Price
30% Off
Meissen Porcelain Fall Figural Group
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pair of putti holding symbols of the harvest adorn this Meissen porcelain figural group entitled Fall. Part of the company's Seasons series, these charming characters rest upon a r...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A Pair of 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Blue and White Hide and Seek Centerpieces
Located in New York, NY
A Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Blue and White Hide and Seek Centerpieces. The baskets are oval with pierced rocaille-style scrollwork along the rim, extending outward at fo...
Category
1880s German Louis XVI Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A Pair of Red Meissen Porcelain Potpourri Vases w 4 Mythological Painted scenes
Located in New York, NY
A Rare and Quite Sought After Pair of Red Meissen Porcelain Double Handled Potpourri Vases with Four Hand painted Mythological Panels. Both vases are marked on the underside with th...
Category
1880s German Rococo Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine, Girl With Doll
s Pram, by Konrad Hentschel, 1905
Located in Vienna, AT
Art Nouveau Meissen porcelain figure from the time the model was created:
The girl in a white dress and with a blue bow in her long hair bends over the wicker doll's pram and places ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Animal Figure, Parrot On A Tree Trunk Eating, By J.J. Kaendler, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent lifelike depiction of an exotic bird sitting on a sturdy tree trunk, eating with the help of its claw, below crawling insects: Cockchafer, caterpillar and snail, and leaf t...
Category
Late 20th Century German Baroque Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Group of Commedia Dell"arte, Harlequin and Columbine Dancing
Located in New York, NY
A 19th century Meissen Porcelain Group of Commedia Dell"arte, harlequin and columbine dancing. This example depicts Harlequin dancing...
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
German Meissen
Marcolini
Porcelain Tea and Coffee Service, circa 1790
Located in New York, NY
Comprising coffee pot, tea pot, covered cream jug, covered sugar, ten tea cups, six coffee cups, 16 saucers.
Category
1790s German Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Antique Meissen Porcelain Figures of Malabar Musicians
Located in London, GB
Pair of antique Meissen porcelain figures of Malabar musicians
German, Late 19th Century
Woman: Height 33cm, width 13cm, depth 11cm
Man: Height 32cm, width 20cm, depth 11cm
Expertly crafted in the late 19th century by the artists at Meissen, the figures depict a charming pair of Malabar musicians. The design of this pair is after models by Friedrich Elias Meyer (German 1723–1785), an artist at Meissen.
The figure of a lady is playing the hurdy-gurdy and the moustached man the guitar. Both figures are wearing a pale straw hat, their bodies covered by a maroon-coloured and fur lined jacket...
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Cupid Figure
Je Les Enflamme
, By M. V. Acier, Germany, Circa 1870
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Meissen porcelain figure of the 19th century:
A winged Cupid, covered only with a cloth, his curls held back by a headband, holding his bow horizontally in front of him, dr...
Category
1870s German Baroque Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Candelabra
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of 19th century Meissen Porcelain five branch candelabra, each having wonderful floral and fruit encrusted decoration, with figures of children play beneath and r...
Category
19th Century German Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
20th Century Meissen Porcelain Cookie/Ginger Jar
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This is a 20th century Meissen porcelain cookie/ginger lidded jar. It depicts a barrel shaped jar hand painted white in the background and cobalt blue in the lid and bottom area. Sma...
Category
20th Century German Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$520 Sale Price
20% Off
Meissen Figurine “Armor unter dem Pantoffel” Cupid with Slipper, 19th Century
Located in Bad Säckingen, DE
A delightful antique Meissen porcelain figurine titled “Armor unter dem Pantoffel” (“Cupid Under the Slipper”), masterfully modelled and hand-painted in exquisite detail. The charmin...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Cupid Centerpieces with Baskets
Located in New York, NY
Pair of 19th century Meissen Porcelain compote centerpieces with cupids running after each other around a tree with filigree baskets on top with raised...
Category
19th Century German Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Grouping of Apollo
s Sun Chariot with Sun Putti for Catherine the Great
Located in New York, NY
A magnificent and quite large, Baroque style, Museum quality, antique Meissen Porcelain grouping of Apollo, the Sun God's, Sun Chariot with his Putti Servant, originally designed by Johann Joachim Kändler in 1772-1773 for Czarina Katharina, Better known as Catherine the great...
Category
1870s German Baroque Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen Porcelain Group, Young Man With A White Horse, By Kaendler, 20th
Located in Vienna, AT
Depiction of a young man dressed in a colourful robe – blue shirt and trousers with a yellow frock coat – with a turban and earrings, a dagger stuck in his red sash, holding a red ca...
Category
1950s German Rococo Vintage Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure of Cupid with a Cheese Press
Located in Lambertville, NJ
19th Century Meissen porcelain figure modeled to show the young putti with a cheese press, sat on a naturalistic rocky outcrop raised on circular base. Un...
Category
1860s English Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Rare 18th C. Meissen Sleigh w/ Court Jesters Fröhlich
Schmiedel, After Kändler
Located in New York, NY
A Rare 18th-Century Meissen Porcelain Horse-Drawn Sleigh Group Featuring the Court Jesters Joseph Fröhlich and Gottfried Schmiedel, After a Model by Johann Joachim Kändler. This finely modeled and painted Meissen porcelain group, created circa 1750, captures a dynamic and theatrical sleigh ride featuring the court jesters Fröhlich and Schmiedel. The composition is anchored by a galloping white horse adorned with a blue cloth draped over its back, trimmed with gilt tassels. The harness, with delicate chains, connects the horse to an elaborately detailed sleigh with scrolling gilt accents and openwork elements. The sleigh glides over a textured, snow-covered base, sculpted to mimic the uneven terrain.
At the center of this lively scene, Fröhlich, dressed in vibrant carnival attire with a green hat and yellow cape, stands on the runners of the sleigh, leaning forward to embrace and steal a kiss from Countess Friesen. However, the "Countess" is, in fact, Schmiedel in disguise, adding to the humor of the piece. Schmiedel wears a floral-patterned gown with intricate hand-painted blooms in shades of purple, yellow, and red, complemented by a white apron and a red bonnet. The finely painted facial features capture the moment's theatricality, as Schmiedel grips the reins while seemingly playing along with the jest. In front of them, a small monkey with wings sits perched at the sleigh’s edge, holding a dish with two burning hearts, reinforcing the amorous and playful nature of the composition.
The back of the base bears the Meissen underglaze blue crossed swords mark, confirming its origin at the renowned German porcelain manufacturer. The model was first created by Johann Joachim Kändler in 1741, during his tenure as Meissen’s chief modeler. Kändler’s ability to animate porcelain figures with expressive gestures and dynamic movement is evident in this work, reflecting the theatrical influences of the period.
Meissen, established in the early 1700s under the patronage of Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony, was the first European porcelain manufacturer to successfully produce hard-paste porcelain. The factory became synonymous with innovation, refinement, and technical excellence, with Kändler playing a key role in developing its sculptural traditions. Meissen’s 18th...
Category
1750s German Other Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figurine,
After The Bath
, by Robert Ockelmann, ca 1890
By Robert Ockelmann, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Vienna, AT
Extremely decorative, fully sculpted representation of a naked young beauty with her hair tied back, covering her nakedness after her bath with a softly draped cloth, which she holds...
Category
1890s German Art Nouveau Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Porcelain Group
Indian Haunting A Buffalo
, Hoesel, Germany
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite Large Meissen Art Nouveau Porcelain Group:
Representation of a mounted warrior with a painted face, wearing only a small loincloth and moccasins on his feet, and crowned wi...
Category
1930s German Art Nouveau Vintage Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century German Meissen painted porcelain plaque
Located in London, GB
19th Century German Meissen painted porcelain plaque
German, 19th Century
Height 11cm, width 13.5cm, depth 1cm
This charming painted porcelain plaque d...
Category
19th Century German Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of 18th Century or Early 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Groups.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pair of 18th century or early 19th century Meissen porcelain groups.
A pair of 18th century or early 19th century Meissen porcelain sculpture groups representing the 4 continents.
H...
Category
Late 18th Century German Louis XVI Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
A 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Covered Potpourri, After the Model by J.F. Eberlein
Located in New York, NY
A 19th-century Meissen Porcelain Covered Potpourri, after the model by Johann Friedrich Eberlein. The potpourri features a large, lobed body with a pierced domed lid, surmounted by a...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
An Important Rare 18th C. Ormolu Mounted Meissen Porcelain Putti Clock Grouping
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...
Category
18th Century German Louis XV Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Fine Meissen Porcelain Model of a Silver Feathered Pheasant
Located in New York, NY
A Large and Fine Quality 20th Century Meissen Porcelain Model of a Silver Feathered Pheasant, Modeled by Max Bochmann in 1909/1910. This pheasant is beautifully hand-made and hand-pa...
Category
20th Century German Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen group playing cards, late 19th Century.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An enchanting late 19th Century Meissen porcelain group depicting three figures playing cards seated around a table.
Signed blue crossed swords to the base.
Batch 81 DLYNE
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Meissen Porcelain Yellow Ground Puce Covered Vases w/ Watteau Painted scene
Located in New York, NY
A Rare Pair of 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Yellow Ground Puce Watteau Scene Decorated Covered Vases, with Front and Back Cartouches. Each vase features a graceful baluster form,...
Category
1870s German Rococo Revival Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Gold
Meissen Parrot, late 19th century.
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....
Category
Late 19th Century German Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Meissen Vases, c1890s
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1890s, by Meissen, Germany. Perfect in any decor this pair of 19th century Meissen vases feature a timeless neoclassical form adorned with the firm'...
Category
1890s German Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Rare and Large Classical Trompe-L
oeil Meissen Porcelain Plaque
Located in London, GB
Rare and large classical Trompe-l'oeil meissen porcelain plaque.
German, 19th century.
Measures: frame: height 60 cm, width 55 cm, depth 5 cm.
plaque: height 45 cm, width 40 cm.
...
Category
19th Century German Classical Roman Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Giltwood
Meissen Porcelain, Pair of "Neu-Ozier" Molded Plates, 19th Century
Located in CH
Meissen Porcelain, Pair of “Neu-Ozier” Molded Plates
19th Century
A fine pair of Meissen porcelain plates in the “Neu-Ozier” molded style, dating to the 19th century. Each plate fea...
Category
19th Century German Rococo Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figure
Tied Up Cupid
by Paul Helmig, Germany Circa 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Art Nouveau porcelain figurine by Paul Helmig:
Winged cupid boy with a suffering expression tied to a tree with a long garland of roses, an empty quiver at his feet.
On hig...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Art Nouveau Figure
Cupid Feeding Pigeons
, Paul Helmig, Germany Ca 1900
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent Art Nouveau porcelain figurine by Paul Helmig:
A winged cupid boy, covering his nakedness with a loose cloth, leaning backwards against a tree trunk with foliage and a quiv...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Crinoline Group
The Heart Box Sale
, by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, Ca 1850
Located in Vienna, AT
Exquisite and rare genre group of the 19th century:
Lady in elaborate, magnificent rococo clothing with a sweeping crinoline and an ermine-trimmed cape enthroned on a richly decorate...
Category
1850s German Rococo Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
2 Pc, Meissen Porcelain Cobalt
Gold Rim Decorated Soup Tureen, Under Platter
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...
Category
20th Century German Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$796 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Early Meissen Cupid Group
Allegory Summer
, By J.J. Kaendler, Germany, Ca 1760
Located in Vienna, AT
Excellent piece of Meissen porcelain of the 18th century:
Four cupids wrapped in cloths grouped on a rock after the corn harvest, one leaning on the corn in the centre with a wreath ...
Category
Mid-18th Century German Rococo Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Set of 12 Antique Meissen Porcelain Reticulated Cabinet Plates with Cherubs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extraordinarily fine set of Meissen Porcelain cabinet plates.
Each with a gilt scalloped rim, a pierced or reticulated border (with a left-hand twist), and centers with varying...
Category
19th Century German Art Nouveau Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Art Nouveau Children Group Girl With Child A. Koenig, Meissen Germany, c 1905
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 ...
Category
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Porcelain Coffee Cup Painted with Classic Scenes from the 1800s
Located in Milano, MI
Meissen porcelain coffee cup painted with classical scenes, made in the 19th Century
Dish: Ø 14 cm
Meissen porcelain is considered one of the earliest and finest examples of Europe...
Category
1850s German Classical Roman Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$450 Sale Price
20% Off
Large 19th C. Meissen Porcelain Figure, Pug Mother
Child w/ Gilt Bell Collar
Located in New York, NY
A Large 19th Century Meissen Porcelain Figure of a White Pug Mother and Child with Gilt Bells on a Blue Collar. This large model is very rare to find in this quality, condition, and...
Category
19th Century German Louis XVI Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century pierced Meissen vases / lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of 19th Century Meissen porcelain pierced, flower encrusted porcelain vases / lamps.
Having blue crossed swords to the base.
Batch 73 TUKZN
Category
19th Century German Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Meissen Porcelain Figurine
Dancing Vestal Virgin
By E.J. Haenel, Ca 1880
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...
Category
1880s German Classical Roman Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Meissen Porcelain Figurine of Lame Cherub on Crutches, ca. 1880’s
Located in New York, NY
This delicate statuette, amazing in its plot and executed in the best traditions of Meissen, depicts a charming cherub with a sad face expression, who has injured his leg and is leaning on homemade crutches. It evokes in the viewer compassion and a smile of tenderness at the same time.
Hallmarked with Meissen crossed swords and numbered ‘18’ on the bottom of the base.
Dimensions:
Height: 8.38 inches
With: 3.63 inches
Depth: 4.63 inches
MEISSEN
Meissen porcelain or ‘Meissen china...
Category
1880s German Belle Époque Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Bird Figure, European Roller On A Trunk, by J.J. Kaendler, Germany, 20th
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...
Category
Early 20th Century German Baroque Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th C. Meissen Porcelain Plaque Depicting Rembrandt and Saskia in the Tavern
Located in New York, NY
An incredible and very rare 19th Century Meissen porcelain plaque depicting Rembrandt and Saskia in the Tavern. Meissen plaques are incredibly rar...
Category
1860s German Baroque Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Parrot perched on a tree trunk, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A fine quality late 19th Century Meissen porcelain Parrot perched on a tree trunk, having wonderful bold colouring.
Signed to the base with blue crossed swords.
Batch 77 62748 DNKZZ
Category
19th Century German Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Meissen Blue Onion Figural Scalloped Oval Tureen
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...
Category
19th Century German Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Pastoral Group/Handkuss
The Hand-kiss
Located in Lantau, HK
Meissen, hard-paste porcelain, circa 1738-1740.
The Artist
The Meissen manufactory near the city of Dresden was founded by Augustus II (1670-1733), King of Poland and Electoral of Saxony, in 1710. It was the first factory in Europe to succeed in making white hard-paste porcelain. The early years of the Meissen production were focused on creating copies of Chinese porcelain. It was only when Kaendler began to work at Meissen in 1731 that the manufactory would break free from the influence of Asia and produce porcelain of true European character.
The Painting
A sculptor by training, Kaendler took over the direction of the manufactory in 1733. He is considered the key figure in the development of Meissen and the individual behind the transformation of the factory’s porcelain during the 18th century. Kaendler demonstrated his artistic ability by creating a variety of porcelain groups including the Italian Commedia dell’Arte, Pastoral and Crinoline groups, and Cris de Paris, which were met with widespread acclaim and made Meissen famous throughout all of Europe. Soon these porcelain figures would be used extensively alongside vases and other ornaments to decorate interiors.
Provenance
The themes of fête galante, pastoral idylls and masquerade themes, created by Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721), and then developed further by Francois Boucher (1703-1770) and Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806), depicting amorous scenes with dancers, women and shepherds engaged in frivolous pursuits, spread all over Europe during the first half of the 18th century. This is due to the French engraver Gabriel Huquier (1695-1747), who dedicated himself to images and engravings after Francois Boucher and Juste-Aurele Meissonnier (1695-1750), who fostered the concept of Rococo style, that brought about the new trend in decorative arts.
In 1738, Kaendler introduced one of his figures in pastoral costume with the Handkuss (Hand-kiss) scene under a tree. For the shepherd lovers’ scene, the German sculptor drew his inspiration from Boucher and Watteau. Since the 1730s, the Meissen manufactory has been providing Watteau’s engravings...
Category
1830s Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
18th Century Meissen Marcolini Silhouette Cup and Saucer
By Gottlob Samuel Mohn, Meissen Porcelain
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer from the Marcolini period, dating around 1795, decorated with silhouette designs attributed to Samu...
Category
1790s German Neoclassical Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 18th Century Meissen Porcelain
French Doré Three Arm Bronze Candelabras
Located in New York, NY
18th Century Meissen Porcelain and French Doré Bronze Candelabras with Applied Porcelain Flowers
Step into an era where Meissen porcelain meets French doré bronze in a harmonious bl...
Category
18th Century German Louis XVI Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Ormolu
Pair of Meissen Porcelain “Day and Night” Figures
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Meissen Porcelain “Day and Night” Figures
This finely modeled pair of Meissen porcelain figures represents the allegorical subjects of Day and Night. Each figure stands on a...
Category
1870s German Rococo Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Gold
Pair Of Meissen Bronze Table Lamps With Motto Children, by MV Acier, 1775-1814
Located in Vienna, AT
With porcelain figures from the original period of origin around 1775:
Two electrified bronze lamps with gilding: a profiled pedestal in a triangular shape with beveled corners as a ...
Category
Late 18th Century German Rococo Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Porcelain Candelabra
Located in Lantau, HK
Decorative with figures followers in relief.
Porcelain hand painted, marked and the engraving 4611 12.
Minor chips
Shipping included
Free and fast delivery door to door by air...
Category
19th Century German Classical Roman Antique Ceramic Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$13,000
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Antique Clocks York
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Antique Fetish
Antique French Spelter Clock
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Antique General Store
Antique Glass Door Display Case
Antique Hara
Antique Hindu Sculpture
Antique Horse Sleigh
Antique Indian Blanket Chest
Antique Iron Window Grates
Antique Japanese Doll
Antique Lingerie Chest
Antique Marble Lion
Antique Meissen Clocks
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