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Other European Porcelain

Other European Porcelain

Soft- and hard-paste European porcelain manufactories which do not appear as separate categories on this site can be found in this section.

Soft-paste porcelain continued to be made in Europe during the first three quarters of the eighteenth century. However, once the components and technology of the arcanum (the secrets of porcelain production) became known, and deposits of kaolin were found, hard-paste porcelain manufactories sprang up all across Europe in the second half of the eighteenth century. Porcelain manufactories from Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Russia are represented in the collection.

Most eighteenth-century European porcelain manufactories are found in the Gardiner Museum, largely thanks to the gift of the heirs of Dr. Hans Syz, who donated 430 figures and wares from 56 porcelain manufactories.

Collection Highlights
Coffee Pot with genre scenes
c.1800
Object number: G96.5.140a-b
Coffee Pot with ornithological design
c.1800-1810
Object number: G96.5.139a-b
Chocolate Pot with Leopards
c.1775
Object number: G83.1.1104.1-2
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
Artist / Maker: Delft
c.1740
Object number: G05.11.2.1a-b-.2a-b