Vase

Meissen Manufactory|Böttger Period

ca. 1713–20 · Hard-paste porcelain · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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."

Artist

Meissen Manufactory|Böttger Period

Date

ca. 1713–20

Medium

Hard-paste porcelain

Culture

German, Meissen

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

The George B. McClellan Collection, Gift of Mrs. George B. McClellan, 1941