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Vase

Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German
Factory director Böttger Period
ca. 1713–20
Not on view
This vase was one of the first pieces produced at Meissen after alchemists Johann Frederick Böttger and Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus succeeded in developing a European alternative to Chinese porcelain. European aristocracy had long supported attempts to make porcelain domestically. By the eighteenth century, Carl Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, had asserted that maintaining a porcelain factory was "a necessary attribute of the glory and dignity of a prince."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vase
  • Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
  • Factory director: Böttger Period (1713–1720)
  • Date: ca. 1713–20
  • Culture: German, Meissen
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 5 7/16 × 4 11/16 × 4 11/16 in. (13.8 × 11.9 × 11.9 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: The George B. McClellan Collection, Gift of Mrs. George B. McClellan, 1941
  • Object Number: 42.205.26
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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