Meissen porcelain
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Meissen porcelain, or Meissen china, was the first European hard-paste porcelain. Early experiments were done in 1708 by Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus. After his death that October, Johann Friedr
Commedia dell'arte figures, c. 1740, 1744, 1735, modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler
Part of a tea and chocolate service, c. 1725, given to Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (1666–1732) by Augustus the Strong, owner of the Meissen factory
Albrechtsburg castle in Meissen
Böttger stoneware medal of 1935 for the 225th anniversary of the factory in Meissen; the obverse portrays the inventor of the stoneware, Johann Friedrich Böttger
Capodimonte porcelain
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Capodimonte porcelain is porcelain created by the Capodimonte porcelain manufactory, which operated in Naples, Italy, between 1743 and 1759. Capodimonte is the most significant factory for early Itali
Jar painted by (or in the style of) Giovanni Caselli with three figures of Pulcinella from the commedia dell'arte, 1745–1750. 16.2 cm high
Detail from the porcelain room now in the Palace of Capodimonte
Naples biscuit porcelain group of the Bourbons: King Charles at rear, Ferdinand seated, with his wife and some of their 18 children. Filippo Tagliolini, c. 1784
Shell-shaped snuffbox, by Gricci, Caselli and a goldsmith, 1745–1750