Augustus III, King of Poland
Meissen Manufactory
(Germany)
late 18th or 19th century
Object PlaceGermany
Medium/TechniqueHard-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
DimensionsHeight x width: 73.7 × 28 cm (29 × 11 in.)
Credit LineBequest of William A. Coolidge
Accession number1993.57
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCeramics
Collections
Provenance1914, Henry James (H. J.) King, London [see note]; May 5, 1914, H. J. King sale, Christie's, London, lot 224. By 1951, Antique Porcelain Company, London; 1956, sold by the Antique Porcelain Company to William Appleton Coolidge (b. 1901- d. 1992), Topsfield and Cambridge, MA; 1993, bequest of William Appleton Coolidge to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 27, 1993)
NOTE: Henry James King purchased parts of the W. F. B. Massey-Mainwaring collection of Dresden porcelain in 1899; whether this figure was part of that collection is not known.
NOTE: Henry James King purchased parts of the W. F. B. Massey-Mainwaring collection of Dresden porcelain in 1899; whether this figure was part of that collection is not known.
