Meissen Manufactory
The Meissen Manufactory stands at the origins of European hard-paste porcelain, and the four pieces assembled here belong to the manufactory's early decades. Figurative groups and single figures dominate, modelled in hard-paste porcelain, with one example finished by a gilt-bronze mount. The subjects turn on courtly gallantry and pastoral intimacy, as the titles The Handkiss, The Kiss, Lady with attendant and Shepherd lovers suggest. Dating from 1737 to 1745, the sheets include impressions up to that span.
4 works in the collection · All public domain (CC0)
