Author: Sotheby's (Firm)Publisher:
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Meissen Porcelain; German Porcelain; French and Italian Porcelain
Author: Sotheby's (Firm)Meissen Porcelain, German Porcelain and French and Italian Porcelain
Author: Sotheby's (auktionshus, London)Publisher:
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Languages : en
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Catalogue of Meissen Porcelain ... German Porcelain ... French and Italian Porcelain ... which Will be Sold by Auction by Sotheby & Co. ... at Their Large Galleries
Author: Sotheby Parke Bernet & CoPublisher:
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Category : Meissen porcelain
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Catalogue of fine continental porcelain comprising Meissen and other German porcelain, Autrian porcelain. French and Italian Porcelain [Sotheby's, 1973].
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Author: Fine Continental Porcelain; Meissen and Other German Porcelain; Austrian Porcelain; French and Italian Porcelain
Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)Publisher:
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Italian Maiolica; German and Other European Pottery; Fine Meissen Porcelain; French and Italian Porcelain
Author: Sotheby & Co. (London, England)Publisher:
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Category : Faience
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Important Meissen Porcelain; German Porcelain; and French Porcelain
Author: Sotheby's (Firm)Porcelain
Author: Suzanne L. MarchandPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691204233
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
"This is the book on porcelain we have been waiting for. . . . A remarkable achievement."—Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes A sweeping cultural and economic history of porcelain, from the eighteenth century to the present Porcelain was invented in medieval China—but its secret recipe was first reproduced in Europe by an alchemist in the employ of the Saxon king Augustus the Strong. Saxony’s revered Meissen factory could not keep porcelain’s ingredients secret for long, however, and scores of Holy Roman princes quickly founded their own mercantile manufactories, soon to be rivaled by private entrepreneurs, eager to make not art but profits. As porcelain’s uses multiplied and its price plummeted, it lost much of its identity as aristocratic ornament, instead taking on a vast number of banal, yet even more culturally significant, roles. By the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it became essential to bourgeois dining, and also acquired new functions in insulator tubes, shell casings, and teeth. Weaving together the experiences of entrepreneurs and artisans, state bureaucrats and female consumers, chemists and peddlers, Porcelain traces the remarkable story of “white gold” from its origins as a princely luxury item to its fate in Germany’s cataclysmic twentieth century. For three hundred years, porcelain firms have come and gone, but the industry itself, at least until very recently, has endured. After Augustus, porcelain became a quintessentially German commodity, integral to provincial pride, artisanal industrial production, and a familial sense of home. Telling the story of porcelain’s transformation from coveted luxury to household necessity and flea market staple, Porcelain offers a fascinating alternative history of art, business, taste, and consumption in Central Europe.
Meissen Porcelain; Italian and Russian Porcelain; French Porcelain; Continental Faience
Author: Sotheby's (Firm)European Porcelain in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Jeffrey MungerPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588396436
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
Porcelain imported from China was the most highly coveted new medium in sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Europe. Its pure white color, translucency, and durability, as well as the delicacy of decoration, were impossible to achieve in European earthenware and stoneware. In response, European ceramic factories set out to discover the process of producing porcelain in the Chinese manner, with significant artistic, technical, and commercial ramifications for Britain and the Continent. Indeed, not only artisans, but kings, noble patrons, and entrepreneurs all joined in the quest, hoping to gain both prestige and profit from the enterprises they established. This beautifully illustrated volume showcases ninety works that span the late sixteenth to the mid-nineteenth century and reflect the major currents of European porcelain production. Each work is illustrated with glorious new photography, accompanied by analysis and interpretation by one of the leading experts in European decorative arts. Among the wide range of porcelains selected are rare blue-and-white wares and figures from Italy, superb examples from the Meissen factory in Germany and the Sèvres factory in France, and ceramics produced by leading British eighteenth-century artisans. Taken together, they reveal why the Metropolitan Museum’s holdings in this field are among the finest in the world. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana}