Collection Online as of August 17, 2022
Scent Bottle
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Porcelain with gilt metal mounts
Overall: 7.2 x 3.1 cm (2 13/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.646.a
Location
not on view
Meissen Porcelain Factory
the first and for half a century the best in Europe. It set a high standard which was emulated everywhere, even in China. Founded in 1710 as the Royal Saxon Porcelain Manufacture by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, at Meissen, near Dresden.