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Saucer

Manufactory Meissen Manufactory German
Decorator Johann Gregor Höroldt

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.

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Saucer

Beaker: 54.147.75; Saucer: 54.147.76

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

Chronology

Central Europe (including Germany), 1600-1800 A.D.

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