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Vase (lid)
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Porcelain
Overall: 81 x 39.1 x 39.4 cm (31 7/8 x 15 3/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
From A. Mac VanDuzer in loving memory of his mother, Mrs. Virginia Hosford Jones 1986.42.b
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.