Tea caddy (part of a service)
ca. 1725, decorated ca. 1740
Medium
Hard-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Height: 4 in. (10.2 cm)
Classification
Ceramics-Porcelain
Culture
German, Meissen with German, Augsburg decoration
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
Accession Number
1974.356.508a, b
Tags
About the Artist
Meissen Manufactory|Abraham Seuter · 1710–present
The Meissen Manufactory, established on June 6, 1710, by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, marked the dawn of true hard-paste porcelain production in Europe. Nestled at Albrechtsburg Castle in Meissen near Dresden, the Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Porcelain Manufactory arose from alchemical experiments begun in 1708 by physicist Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus and p...