Collection Online as of October 1, 2023
Cup
Porcelain
Overall: 4.4 x 7.7 cm (1 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Gift of Rev. Alfred Duane Pell 1919.1022
Location
not on view
Description
About 1725, Herold introduced a new variant of his "chinoiserie" decoration, in which small, full-length figures were depicted against cloudless skies, represented by the now brilliantly white porcelain, within foliate borders of gilt and enamel. This configuration became the standard formula for Meissen figural decoration for the next twenty years, although European subjects came to be depicted with greater frequency toward the middle of the century.
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.