Who created "Hunting Hanger with Scabbard Locket"?

Hunting Hanger with Scabbard Locket was created by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory in c. 1750.

When was "Hunting Hanger with Scabbard Locket" created?

This artwork was created c. 1750.

What medium is "Hunting Hanger with Scabbard Locket"?

Hunting Hanger with Scabbard Locket is Steel, bronze, gilding, porcelain, and textile.

Hunting Hanger with Scabbard Locket

Meissen Porcelain Manufactory

c. 1750

Medium

Steel, bronze, gilding, porcelain, and textile

Dimensions

61 × 12.7 cm (24 × 5 in.)

Classification

arms

Department

Applied Arts of Europe

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

237146

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...

Hunting Hanger with Scabbard Locket

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