![Meissen porcelain elephant at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.](/t/FPM/FPSV3415.JPG) | ![Dragon porcelain figure attrib. to Johann Gottlieb Kirchner by Meissen Manuf. at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAB/MAAF1565.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain eagle sculpture at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.](/t/CDNON/ONTG1101.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain saber tooth tiger by Gottlieb Kirchner was Meissen's model maker until 1733 at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS199.JPG) |
Meissen porcelain elephant (c1730) at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France. | Dragon porcelain figure (1730) attrib. to Johann Gottlieb Kirchner by Meissen Manuf. at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. | Meissen porcelain eagle sculpture (c1730s) at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON. | Meissen porcelain saber tooth tiger (1732) by Gottlieb Kirchner was Meissen's model maker until 1733 at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. |
![Meissen porcelain grotesque man teapot by Johann Jacob Irminger at Bamberg Old Town Hall Museum of Faience & Porcelain. Bamberg, Germany.](/t/DYN/DYBGR135.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain monkey figures by Gottlieb Kirchner at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS253.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain figure of monkey with snuffbox by Gottlieb Kirchner at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS251.JPG) | ![Porcelain monkey teapot by Johann Joachim Kändler of Meissen, Germany at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.](/t/UAE/UAEM1015.JPG) |
Meissen porcelain grotesque man teapot (c1730) by Johann Jacob Irminger at Bamberg Old Town Hall Museum of Faience & Porcelain. Bamberg, Germany. | Meissen porcelain monkey figures (c1731) by Gottlieb Kirchner at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Meissen porcelain figure of monkey with snuffbox (c1732) by Gottlieb Kirchner at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Porcelain monkey teapot (after 1735) by Johann Joachim Kändler of Meissen, Germany at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. |
![Meissen porcelain teapot in shape of squirrel by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS258.JPG) | ![Collection of porcelain bird figures done under sculpting dept. of Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS249.JPG) | ![Porcelain parrot & vase by Meissen Porcelain Manuf. of Germany at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA.](/t/USPA/PATVDP03.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain parrot figure at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS248.JPG) |
Meissen porcelain teapot in shape of squirrel (1732) by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Collection of porcelain bird figures (c1730-40s) done under sculpting dept. of Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Porcelain parrot (1726-30) & vase (c1735) by Meissen Porcelain Manuf. of Germany at Carnegie Museum of Art. Pittsburgh, PA. | Meissen porcelain parrot figure at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. |
![Meissen porcelain magpie figure by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS242.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain oriole figures by Johann Joachim Kaendler or Johann Gottlieb Ehder at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS245.JPG) | ![King vulture porcelain figure attrib. to Johann Joachim Kaendler by Meissen Manuf. at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.](/t/USMAB/MAAF1563.JPG) | ![King Vulture porcelain statuette modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler for Meissen Porcelain Manufactory of Germany at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.](/t/USILC/ILDE653.JPG) |
Meissen porcelain magpie figure (after 1731) by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Meissen porcelain oriole figures (1733-4 or 1740-7) by Johann Joachim Kaendler or Johann Gottlieb Ehder at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | King vulture porcelain figure (1731) attrib. to Johann Joachim Kaendler by Meissen Manuf. at Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA. | King Vulture porcelain statuette (1734) modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler for Meissen Porcelain Manufactory of Germany at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL. |
![Porcelain Crane by Johann Joachim Kändler of Meissen Manuf., Germany at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI.](/t/USMI/MIDA2521.JPG) | ![Porcelain sculpted Madagascar Hoopoes by Johann Joachim Kändler & Johann Gottlieb Ehder of Meissen Porcelain Manuf. at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA.](/t/USCAF/CAFNH445.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain jay with acorn figure by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS243.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain bird figure tending nestling at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS247.JPG) |
Porcelain Crane (1735) by Johann Joachim Kändler of Meissen Manuf., Germany at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI. | Porcelain sculpted Madagascar Hoopoes (c1736) by Johann Joachim Kändler & Johann Gottlieb Ehder of Meissen Porcelain Manuf. at Legion of Honor Museum. San Francisco, CA. | Meissen porcelain jay with acorn figure (1739-40) by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Meissen porcelain bird figure tending nestling at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. |
![Meissen porcelain badger statuette by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Bamberg Old Town Hall Museum of Faience & Porcelain. Bamberg, Germany.](/t/DYN/DYBGR153.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain terrine with lion lid handle by Johann Joachim Kaendler plus other pieces from Graf Sulkowski table service at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS282.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain elephant candelabra by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS302.JPG) | ![Detail of Meissen porcelain elephant candelabra by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS303.JPG) |
Meissen porcelain badger statuette (c1745) by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Bamberg Old Town Hall Museum of Faience & Porcelain. Bamberg, Germany. | Meissen porcelain terrine with lion lid handle (1735-7) by Johann Joachim Kaendler plus other pieces from Graf Sulkowski table service at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Meissen porcelain elephant candelabra (1735) by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Detail of Meissen porcelain elephant candelabra (1735) by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. |
![Porcelain centerpiece with oil or vinegar cruets modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler for Meissen Porcelain Manufactory of Germany at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.](/t/USILC/ILDE657.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain terrine with Galatea figure by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS291.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain figurine of Russian Tsarina Elisabeth the Great on horseback at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.](/t/FPM/FPSV3431.JPG) | ![Porcelain bust of Postmaster "Baron" Schmiedel by Johann Joachim Kändler of Meissen Manuf., Germany at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI.](/t/USMI/MIDA2523.JPG) |
Porcelain centerpiece with oil or vinegar cruets (c1737) modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler for Meissen Porcelain Manufactory of Germany at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL. | Meissen porcelain terrine with Galatea figure (1738) by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. ![](/b/m.gif) | Meissen porcelain figurine of Russian Tsarina Elisabeth the Great on horseback (early 1700s) at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France. | Porcelain bust of Postmaster "Baron" Schmiedel (1739) by Johann Joachim Kändler of Meissen Manuf., Germany at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI. |
![Meissen porcelain Harlequin figurine playing goat bagpipes by Johann Joachim Kändler plus derivative copy on right by Höchst of Frankfurt at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.](/t/CDNON/ONTG1125.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain figure mocking tailor of Count Brühl on billy goat by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS288.JPG) | ![Porcelain Harlequin figure by Johann Joachim Kändler for Meissen Porcelain at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany.](/t/DYN/DYNM1589.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain hunter & huntress figures by Johann Friedrich Eberlein at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS239.JPG) |
Meissen porcelain Harlequin figurine playing goat bagpipes (1736-40) by Johann Joachim Kändler plus derivative copy on right (c1750-55) by Höchst of Frankfurt at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON. | Meissen porcelain figure mocking tailor of Count Brühl on billy goat (1740) by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Porcelain Harlequin figure (c1740s) by Johann Joachim Kändler for Meissen Porcelain at Germanisches Nationalmuseum. Nuremberg, Germany. | Meissen porcelain hunter & huntress figures (1743-4) by Johann Friedrich Eberlein at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. |
![Porcelain figure of Augustus III, Elector of Saxony & King of Poland by Johann Joachim Kändler of Meissen, Germany at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland.](/t/UAE/UAEM1017.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain figurine of couple with birdcage modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler in private collection. ON.](/t/CDNON/ONTG1151.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain figurine of goose seller modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler in private collection. ON.](/t/CDNON/ONTG1153.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain figurine of woman selling fish modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler & Peter Reinicke in private collection. ON.](/t/CDNON/ONTG1155.JPG) |
Porcelain figure of Augustus III, Elector of Saxony & King of Poland (after 1743) by Johann Joachim Kändler of Meissen, Germany at National Museum of Scotland. Edinburgh, Scotland. | Meissen porcelain figurine of couple with birdcage (c1736) modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler in private collection. ON. | Meissen porcelain figurine of goose seller (c1745) modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler in private collection. ON. | Meissen porcelain figurine of woman selling fish (c1750) modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler & Peter Reinicke in private collection. ON. |
![Meissen porcelain figurines of women selling cherries & cucumbers modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler & Peter Reinicke in private collection. ON.](/t/CDNON/ONTG1157.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain figurine of good housewife recording expenses modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler in private collection. ON.](/t/CDNON/ONTG1159.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain figurine of vinegar seller in private collection. ON.](/t/CDNON/ONTG1161.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain swan & guinea fowl statues by Johann Joachim Kaendler holding Chinese-origin brush pots at Bamberg Old Town Hall Museum of Faience & Porcelain. Bamberg, Germany.](/t/DYN/DYBGR191.JPG) |
Meissen porcelain figurines of women selling cherries & cucumbers (c1750) modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler & Peter Reinicke in private collection. ON. | Meissen porcelain figurine of good housewife recording expenses (c1760) modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler in private collection. ON. | Meissen porcelain figurine of vinegar seller (c1753-54) in private collection. ON. | Meissen porcelain swan & guinea fowl statues (c1741-7) by Johann Joachim Kaendler holding Chinese-origin brush pots at Bamberg Old Town Hall Museum of Faience & Porcelain. Bamberg, Germany. |
![Meissen porcelain figure of Neptune riding shell wagon pulled by seahorses by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS279.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain snowball style vase with hoopoe, parrot & bullfinch on its nest at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS305.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain snowball terrine & underplate at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS307.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain confectionery bowl in shape of sunflower at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS308.JPG) |
Meissen porcelain figure of Neptune riding shell wagon pulled by seahorses (c1750) by Johann Joachim Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Meissen porcelain snowball style vase with hoopoe, parrot & bullfinch on its nest (c1750) at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Meissen porcelain snowball terrine & underplate (c1750) at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Meissen porcelain confectionery bowl in shape of sunflower (c1750) at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. |
![Meissen porcelain rabbit at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France.](/t/FPM/FPSV3429.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain rabbit figures at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS260.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain leopard sculpture at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON.](/t/CDNON/ONTG1104.JPG) | ![Porcelain Putti as Africa & Europe figures by Frederick Elias Meyer of Meissen Manuf., Germany at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI.](/t/USMI/MIDA2535.JPG) |
Meissen porcelain rabbit (c1750) at Sèvres National Ceramic Museum. Paris, France. | Meissen porcelain rabbit figures at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Meissen porcelain leopard sculpture (c1750s) at Gardiner Museum. Toronto, ON. | Porcelain Putti as Africa & Europe figures (c1760) by Frederick Elias Meyer of Meissen Manuf., Germany at Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, MI. |
![Meissen porcelain figures of St Peter & St Paul by Johann Joachim Kaendler made for Friedrich August III at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS299.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain symbolic figures of continents of Europe & Asia by J.F. Eberlein & P. Reinicke under J.J. Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS261.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain symbolic figures of continents of Africa & America by J.F. Eberlein & P. Reinicke under J.J. Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany.](/t/DYM/DYMMS263.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain figure of continent of America by Kändler at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA.](/t/USLA/LANM121.JPG) |
Meissen porcelain figures of St Peter & St Paul (1772) by Johann Joachim Kaendler made for Friedrich August III at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Meissen porcelain symbolic figures of continents of Europe & Asia (1745-7) by J.F. Eberlein & P. Reinicke under J.J. Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Meissen porcelain symbolic figures of continents of Africa & America (1745) by J.F. Eberlein & P. Reinicke under J.J. Kaendler at Meissen porcelain museum at Lustheim Palace. Munich, Germany. | Meissen porcelain figure of continent of America (c1860) by Kändler at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA. |
![Meissen porcelain figure of continent of Africa by Kändler at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA.](/t/USLA/LANM123.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain figure of continent of Asia by Kändler at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA.](/t/USLA/LANM125.JPG) | ![Ornate Meissen decorative items at Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, France.](/t/FY/FVNFR232.JPG) | ![Meissen porcelain figurines at Edward Steves Homestead Museum. San Antonio, TX.](/t/USTXC/TXAHS097.JPG) |
Meissen porcelain figure of continent of Africa (c1860) by Kändler at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA. | Meissen porcelain figure of continent of Asia (c1860) by Kändler at New Orleans Museum of Art. New Orleans, LA. | Ornate Meissen decorative items at Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, France. | Meissen porcelain figurines at Edward Steves Homestead Museum. San Antonio, TX. |
![Mantel clock from Paris surrounded by Meissen or Dresden figurines in great hall at Glamis Castle. Angus, Scotland.](/t/UAM/UACDG119.JPG) | ![Porcelain monkey band modeled by Johann Joachim Kaendler for Meissen Porcelain Manufactory of Germany at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL.](/t/USILC/ILDE659.JPG) | ![Phoebus Apollo after model by Johann Joachim Kaendler, porcelain figurine manufactured by Meissen at King Ludwig II Museum. Chiemsee, Germany.](/t/DYP/DYPC55.JPG) | ![Meissen plates & figurines at Scone Palace. Perth, Scotland.](/t/UAM/UACPS178.JPG) |
Mantel clock from Paris surrounded by Meissen or Dresden figurines in great hall at Glamis Castle. Angus, Scotland. | Porcelain monkey band (c1765) modeled by Johann Joachim Kaendler for Meissen Porcelain Manufactory of Germany at Art Institute of Chicago. Chicago, IL. ![](/b/m.gif) | Phoebus Apollo after model (1773) by Johann Joachim Kaendler, porcelain figurine manufactured by Meissen (c1870) at King Ludwig II Museum. Chiemsee, Germany. | Meissen plates & figurines (mid 19thC) at Scone Palace. Perth, Scotland. |
![Meissen Porcelain room at Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, France.](/t/FY/FVNFR231.JPG) | ![Porcelain collection by Dresden, Meissen, & Sevres at Russborough House. Ireland.](/t/IE/IEDRR257.JPG) |
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Meissen Porcelain room at Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild. Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, France. | Porcelain collection by Dresden, Meissen, & Sevres at Russborough House. Ireland. |
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