Teabowl (part of a service)
Meissen Manufactory
1723–26 · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
The pieces of this service (1974.356.424–.430) come from one of the most richly decorated Meissen tea and coffee services. The gold background was added after the enamel was fired, either at the factory or in Augsburg, where the gilt-silver mounts were applied. This model was the most commonly produced at Meissen in the 1720s and 1730s. The design of the low octagonal sugar box dates to the earliest years of the factory; this example can be assigned to 1726–27 based on stylistic grounds as well as the factory mark KPM on the base.
- Artist
- Meissen Manufactory
- Date
- 1723–26
- Medium
- Hard-paste porcelain
- Culture
- German, Meissen
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Lesley and Emma Sheafer Collection, Bequest of Emma A. Sheafer, 1973
