Sugar Caster with Cover (one of a pair)

1732·Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding·19.7 × 8.9 × 7.7 cm (7 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 in.)

Louise D. Smith Fund, Edward Byron Smith Charitable Fund, Robert Allerton Fund, Mrs. Edward I. Rothschild Fund, Richard T. Crane, Jr. Memorial Fund

Catalogue

Year: 1732
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding
Dimensions: 19.7 × 8.9 × 7.7 cm (7 3/4 × 3 1/2 × 3 in.)
Collection: Art Institute of Chicago
Artist: Meissen Porcelain Factory

Artist

Meissen Porcelain Factory

Ceramics

the first and for half a century the best in Europe. It set a high standard which was emulated everywhere, even in China. Founded in 1710 as the Royal Saxon Porcelain Manufacture by Augustus the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, at Meissen, near Dresden.

Dresden, Germany

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