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| Meissen Saucer, 1723-24 The Victoria & Albert Museum |
This saucer of hard-paste porcelain is painted in enamel colors with scenes of “New Amsterdamers”-- half-length figures in European dress. They are set against a cloudy sky which belies the cheerful scene of a man bargaining with a woman for produce. The figures are placed within an oval frame of gilt scrolls with lustre panels and feathery foliage in two tones of crimson. An ornament of gilt lace and three red lines offsets the foot-ring.
This piece was made in Meissen, Germany between 1723 and 1724 by Johann Gregorius Höroldt (1696-1775). The figures are taken from a print in Carel Allard's “Orbis Habitabilis Oppida et Vestius” which was first published in 1680 in Amsterdam. The print is now known as “New Amsterdam” and lends its name to this style of figures.
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