Large Meissen Porcelain Figure Of A Cherub
5.58" H, 2.67" L, 2.31"W
10.75 oz
First Quality Meissen Porcelain With Underglazed Blue Crossed Sword Mark. 5.75" High Meissen porcelain or Meissen china was the first European hard-paste porcelain. Early experiments were done in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. Its signature logo, the crossed swords, was introduced in 1720 to protect its production; the mark of the swords is reportedly one of the oldest trademarks in existence. In English Dresden porcelain was once the usual term for these wares, especially the figures; this is because Meissen is geographically not far from Dresden which is the Saxon capital.
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5.58" H, 2.67" L, 2.31"W
10.75 oz
First Quality Meissen Porcelain With Underglazed Blue Crossed Sword Mark. 5.75" High Meissen porcelain or Meissen china was the first European hard-paste porcelain. Early experiments were done in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. Its signature logo, the crossed swords, was introduced in 1720 to protect its production; the mark of the swords is reportedly one of the oldest trademarks in existence. In English Dresden porcelain was once the usual term for these wares, especially the figures; this is because Meissen is geographically not far from Dresden which is the Saxon capital.
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