. Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 . ndsometimes two luindred thousand crowns (thirty-five thousand poundssterling), besides the magnificent presents he occasionally makes, andthe great quantity he preserves for his own use. The crown thus becomes three shillings and sixpence sterling. 238 POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. The best period of Dresden production is estimated as being fromabout 1730 to 1750. During tliis period the works of Kiindler weremade, and also tlie paintings of Lindenir, wliich are much valued. InFig. 12(5 is to be seen a iine plate
. Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 . ndsometimes two luindred thousand crowns (thirty-five thousand poundssterling), besides the magnificent presents he occasionally makes, andthe great quantity he preserves for his own use. The crown thus becomes three shillings and sixpence sterling. 238 POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. The best period of Dresden production is estimated as being fromabout 1730 to 1750. During tliis period the works of Kiindler weremade, and also tlie paintings of Lindenir, wliich are much valued. InFig. 12(5 is to be seen a iine plate with a pierced border, in the centreof which are painted birds, in the style introduced by Lindenir. Theother pieces shown in Fig. 120 are excellent examples of good Meissenporcelain ; the cup and saucer, showing Cupids, is most delicately andelaborately painted. Among those who painted somewhat upon theDresden china was Angelica Kauffmann, whose figures are pervadedwith a certain grace and refinement always charming. Fig. 127 shows some choice small i)ieces from Mr. Waless collec-. FiG. 127.—Dresden. tion. The centre flower-dish is very finely painted with birtls, and themeandering lip, intended to confine the flowers, is peculiar. The two cups and saucers on the right are very richly gilded, thecompartments containing delicate fiower-painting. The cup and saucer on the left is one of the best examples of theMarcolini ])eriod ; the gilded edges are exquisitely done, and the flow-ers, painted in tender browns and greens—not in high colors or in thecolors of Nature—are charming. Many pieces of the old Dresden porcelain (and of modern work DRESDEN PORCELAiy. 239
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