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16/1977 Lidded mug Meissen 1726

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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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