Cup and Saucer
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c. 1805/10
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain with gilt decoration
Dimensions
11.1 × 9.4 cm (4 3/8 × 3 11/16 in.); Diam.: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Classification
drinking vessel
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
40596
About the Artist
Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
The Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, established on June 6, 1710, by Augustus II the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, in the Albrechtsburg castle at Meissen near Dresden, marked Europe's breakthrough in producing true hard-paste porcelain. Building on experiments by physicist Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus and alchemist Johann Friedrich Böttger, who perfected the formula using local...