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Wilhelm II, the Rich (23 April 1371 – 13 March 1425) was the second son of Margrave Frederick the Strict of Meissen and Catherine of Henneberg. Under the Division of Chemnitz of 1382, he received the Osterland and Landsberg jointly with his brothers, Frederick I, Elector of Saxony and George (d. 1402).
Title: Teapot with equestrian scene. Manufactory: Meissen Manufactory (German, 1710–present) Date: 1722–23. Culture: German, Meissen. Medium: Hard-paste porcelain decorated in polychrome enamels, gold. Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 4 9/16 x 6 9/16 x 4 5/16 in. (11.6 x 16.7 x 11 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Numista › Rulers. William II, Margrave of Meissen. Second son of Margrave Frederick the Severe and Katharina von Henneberg. Born on 23 April 1371. Died on 30 March 1425. See also: Wikipedia , Wikidata (Q69694) » See 2 coins. Margravate of Meissen: Margrave William II (1407-1425) » See 2 coins.
This tea kettle is from the Smithsonian’s Hans Syz Collection of Meissen Porcelain. Dr. Syz (1894-1991) began his collection in the early years of World War II, when he purchased eighteenth-century Meissen table wares from the Art Exchange run by the New York dealer Adolf Beckhardt (1889-1962). Dr.
History. King Henry the Fowler, on his 928–29 campaign against the Slavic Glomacze tribes, had a fortress erected on a hill at Meissen (Mišno) on the Elbe river. Later named Albrechtsburg, the castle about 965 became the seat of the Meissen margraves, installed by Emperor Otto I when the vast Marca Geronis (Gero's march) was partitioned into five new margraviates, including Meissen, the ...
The Margravate or Margraviate of Meissen ( German: Markgrafschaft Meißen) was a medieval principality in the area of the modern German state of Saxony. It originally was a frontier march of the Holy Roman Empire, created out of the vast Marca Geronis ( Saxon Eastern March) in 965. Under the rule of the Wettin dynasty, the margravate finally ...
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Dimensions: Height: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain. Credit Line: Bequest of Irwin Untermyer, 1973. Accession Number: 1974.28.131. Learn more about this artwork.
