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Saucer

Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German
1724–25
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 533
This beaker and saucer were part of a tea and chocolate service given to Vittorio Amadeo II, King of Sardinia (1666-1732) by Augustus the Strong, the Elector of Saxony, under whose patronage the Meissen factory was established.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Saucer
  • Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
  • Decorator: Johann Gregor Höroldt (1696–1775)
  • Date: 1724–25
  • Culture: German, Meissen
  • Medium: Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold
  • Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 15/16 × 5 × 4 15/16 in. (2.4 × 12.7 × 12.5 cm)
  • Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
  • Credit Line: Gift of R. Thornton Wilson, in memory of Florence Ellsworth Wilson, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.147.76
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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