37 / 76
1 6 /1 9 7 7 L å g k ru s
M e is s e n 1726
P o rc e læ n d e k o r e r e t m e d b lå t u n d e r g la s u re n s a m t
m e d f o r g y ld n in g o g b r o g e d e fa rv e r, lå g a f f o r
g y ld t sø lv . H ø jd e m e d låg : 19
B la n d t m u s e e ts re t s to re s a m lin g a f tid lig t M e is -
s e n p o rc e læ n m e d H o r o ld t- c h in o is e r ie r u d m æ r k e r
d e t a fb ild e d e lå g k r u s sig v e d b å d e at h a v e d e d ik a
tio n o g d a te rin g : » G o ttf rie d K e il A n n o 1726 d:
l.D e c b .« .
J o h a n n G r e g o r H o r o l d t (1 6 9 6 -1 7 7 5 ) h a v d e a r
b e jd e t e n k o r t tid v e d p o r c e læ n s f a b rik k e n i W ie n ,
m e n k o m 172 0 til M e is s e n , h v o r p o rc e læ n e ts e u
r o p æ is k e » o p fin d e r« J o h a n n F rie d ric h B o ttg e r
(1 6 8 2 -1 7 1 9 ) n e to p v a r d ø d . P å g r u n d a f sin s to re
d y g tig h e d s o m m a le r o g sin k u n s tn e r is k e san s,
b le v h a n h u r t ig t e n le d e n d e s k ik k e ls e p å fa
b r ik k e n .
I 1725 g ifte d e H o r o l d t sig m e d e n d a tte r a f
G o ttf r ie d K e il, o g o m k r in g d e tte å r fin d e s e n m e
g e t lille g r u p p e k r u s o g b æ g re , s o m e r d e d ic e re t
m e d le m m e r a f d e n n e fam ilie . D e m å d e ls p å g r u n d
a f fa m ilie s k a b e t o g d e ls p å g r u n d a f d e re s h ø je
k v a lite t b e tra g te s s o m e g e n h æ n d ig e H o r o l d t - a r -
b e jd e r. D e u n æ g te lig m e g e t e u ro p æ is k e c h in o is e -
ris c e n e rie r d y rk e d e s i M e is s e n p å lig e fo d m e d d i
r e k te k o p ie r a f ja p a n s k p o rc e læ n (se sid e 4 0 -4 1 ).
D e t f o r g y ld te s ø lv lå g m e d F re d e rik 4 . ’s in d fæ ld e
d e k r o n in g s m e d a lje fra 1 70 4 e r d a n s k o g u d f ø r t a f
m e s te r N ie ls J o n s e n fra K ø b e n h a v n i 1736 m e d
P . N . v a n H a v e n s o m g u a rd e in . L å g e t e r d o g
s a n d s y n lig v is e n se n e re tilfø je lse .
16/1977 Lidded mug
Meissen 1726
Porcelain decorated in blue under the glaze, likewise
with gilding and in variegated colours, silver gilt lid.
Height (incl. lid): 19
Among the Museum’s quite extensive collection of early
Meissen porcelain with Horoldt chinoiseries, this mug
excels in having both a dedication and a date: “Gottfried
Keil Anno 1726 d:l.Decb.”.
Johann Gregor Horoldt (1696-1775) had worked for
a short time at the porcelain factory in Vienna, but in
1720 came to Meissen, where the European “inventor”
ofporcelain, Johann Friedrich Bottger (1682-1719) had
just died. On account of his great skill as a painter and
his artistic sense he rapidly became a leading figure at
the factory.
In 1725 Horoldt married a daughter of Gottfried
Keil, and around this year there is a very small group of
mugs and beakers that are dedicated to members of this
family. Both thefamily relationships and the high qual
ity indicate that these are Horoldt’s own personal
works. The undeniably very European chinoiserie
scenes were cultivated in Meissen concurrently with di
rect copies ofJapanese porcelain (see pp. 40-41).
The silver gilt lid inlaid with Frederik IV ’s corona
tion medal of 1704 is Danish and executed by Niels
Jonsen of Copenhagen in 1736, when the assayer was
P .N . van Haven. The lid is probably a later addition.
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