Two-handled beaker and saucer
Two-handled beakers accompanied by saucers were usually used for drinking chocolate. This example was made at the Meissen factory, the first to produce hard-paste porcelain in Europe. The beaker and saucer were decorated in Augsburg, probably in the workshop of a family named Seuter. Independent porcelain painters, known as Hausmalers, often purchased undecorated Meissen porcelain and painted their own, sometimes quite distinctive, compositions and designs.
Artwork Details
- Title: Two-handled beaker and saucer
- Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
- Date: 1720–25
- Culture: German, Meissen with German, Augsburg decoration
- Medium: Hard-paste porcelain
- Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
- Credit Line: The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
- Object Number: 1974.356.477, .478
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present)
1720–25
Manufactory Meissen Manufactory
1740–50
Attributed to Max Freyer & Co.
19th century
Manufactory Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg
ca. 1775
Manufactory Meissen Manufactory
1740–50
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