Saucer
manufacturer Meissen Porcelain Factory (German, est. c. 1710)
c. 1723
- Medium
- porcelain
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Dimensions
- Overall: 2.2 x 12.3 cm (7/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
- Culture
- Germany, Meissen, 18th century
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Decorative Art and Design
- Credit line
- Gift of Rev. Alfred Duane Pell
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
In 1720 Johann Gregor Herold became art director of the Meissen factory and developed the styles of decoration that made it famous. Both the quality and the variety of enamel colors were improved, and the paste achieved the brilliant whiteness and perfection of surface that characterizes mature Meissen wares. Herold introduced "chinoiserie" decorations, in which comparatively large-scale half-length figures were set against landscapes with cloudy skies. The high quality of its painting suggests that Herold himself may have decorated this saucer.
