Plate

ca. 1730-34

The decoration on this service combines the armorial shield of the Elector of Saxony and King of Poland with Japanese-style flowers and bound sheaves of grain. This plate was part of a royal Saxon commission to the Meissen factory for court use.

Hard paste porcelain with enamel colors and gilding

1 1/8 in. (2.86 cm), height

8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm), diameter

Gift of Martha and Henry Isaacson

69.201

Provenance: Formerly in the Royal collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden, possibly from 1734; collection of Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson, unknown purchase date until December 1969; gift from Mr and Mrs Henry and Martha Isaacson to Seattle Art Museum, Washington, 1969

Photo: Paul Macapia

Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)

Published ReferencesFinlay, Robert. "The Pilgrim Art: Cultures of Porcelain in World History". Berkeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 2010, illustrated pl. 5

Emerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 140

Truong, Alain. “A magnificent Meissen gold-mounted Royal snuff box made for Augustus III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, circa 1755” on Eloge de l’Art par Alain Truong, July 1, 2011, http://elogedelart.canalblog.com/tag/Augustus%20III%20of%20Poland%20and%20Saxony

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