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Augustus III, King of Poland
Made by: Meissen Manufactory (Germany)
German
late 18th or 19th century
Object Place: Europe, Germany
Medium/Technique
Hard-paste porcelain, colored enamels, gilding
Dimensions
Height x width: 73.7 × 28 cm (29 × 11 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of William A. Coolidge
Accession Number1993.57
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionFigure of Friedrich August II, Elector of Saxony (1696-1763), who was elected King of Poland as August III in 1733. Standing figure with right arm akimbo, left holding a fur hat. Costume of a Polish magnate, with pendant of the Order of the Golden Fleece hanging around his neck on a yellow ribbon. Three rows of five ventilation holes on the underside of the base.
Marks
Marked with the blue crossed swords at the center back edge of the base
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.