Meissen Cupid Tying Heart
Modeled By: August Ringer ca. 1894
Mark: P 139
Painter Number: 22
Height: 8 in - 20.3 cm
This beautiful figurine is in good shape There has been a repair on
the right wing and I think there is some ribbon missing that he was
tying around heart. Both of these issues are very hard to see.
All the marks are very clean
History of Meissen
Meissen porcelain was the first European porcelain ever to be made
in 1710. For years, alchemists tried to discover the formula for
porcelain. Bottger, an alchemist , discovered the first European
porcelain.. In 1710, after kaolin was discovered, the Meissen
porcelain company was started under August the Strong. All the
royal families in Europe desired vessels made out of this
porcelain. They used their best sculpturers and painters to model
figures and paint the porcelain. They had a special painting school
called The Meissen Drawing School to train modelers and painters as
early as 1764. The training took three years before artists
mastered the skills to paint on Meissen porcelain.Meissen porcelain
patterns have been copied by many other china makers all over the
world like Royal Copenhagen, Dresden, Herend, and many other
makers. The glaze on Meissen porcelain maintains its quality over
time. This is why old Meissen looks so new and keeps its good
condition.
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