Meissen porcelain factory The Happy Parents c. 1775 modeled by Michel Victor Acier Victoria & Albert Museum |
The large-scale Meissen operation in 18th-century Germany produced colorless white hard-paste porcelain figure-groups (as above) alongside an array of figures with colored glazes. Colors might be either delicate or strident, partly depending on the character of the subject.
Meissen porcelain factory Spring c. 1765-75 Victoria & Albert Museum |
Meissen porcelain factory Diana & Endymion c. 1785 modeled by Christian Gotfried Jüchtzer Victoria & Albert Museum |
Meissen porcelain factory Summer c. 1741 modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler Victoria & Albert Museum |
Meissen porcelain factory The Three Graces c. 1785 modeled by Christian Gotfried Jüchtzer Victoria & Albert Museum |
Meissen porcelain factory Summer c. 1765-75 Victoria & Albert Museum |
Meissen porcelain factory Pylades and Orestes c. 1790 modeled by Christian Gotfried Jüchtzer Victoria & Albert Museum |
Meissen porcelain factory Child Gardener c. 1765-75 Victoria & Albert Museum |
Meissen porcelain factory Ganymede with Eagle c. 1790 modeled by Christian Gotfried Jüchtzer Victoria & Albert Museum |
Meissen porcelain factory Child Musician c. 1770-75 Victoria & Albert Museum |
Meissen porcelain factory Diadumenos of Polycleitus c. 1790 modeled by Christian Gotfried Jüchtzer Victoria & Albert Museum |
Meissen porcelain factory Harlequin 1738-40 modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler Victoria & Albert Museum |
Meissen porcelain factory Harlequin (back view) 1738-40 modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler Victoria & Albert Museum |
Meissen porcelain factory Neptune c. 1752 modeled by Friedrich Elias Meyer Victoria & Albert Museum |