
Plate
1780 · Hard-paste porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding
3.8 × 23.5 cm (1 1/2 × 9 1/4 in.); Diam.: 23.5 cm (9 1/4 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago

Meissen is a town of approximately 30,000 inhabitants, situated about 25 km (16 mi) north‑west of Dresden and 75 km (47 mi) west of Bautzen, on both banks of the River Elbe in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. Meissen is renowned as the home of Meissen porcelain, the Albrechtsburg castle, the Gothic Meissen Cathedral, and the Meissen Church of Our Lady. The town of Meissen, designated as a Große Kreisstadt, serves as the administrative seat of the Meissen district.
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