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Feb 6, 2018 · The excitement over that diminutive set – minus its teapot, no less – was owed to its rarity and maker: Meissen porcelain, the gold standard of porcelain producers that possesses a legacy stretching back hundreds of years. Thanks to Meissen’s rich heritage, the tea service that appeared in 2012 caused a fervor among devoted collectors.
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). When Margrave William I "the one-eyed ...
- 23 April 1371
- Frederick III, Margrave of Meissen
- 13 March 1425 (aged 53)
- Catherine of Henneberg
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 ...
- Feudal monarchy
- Meissen
- Margravate
- Upper Saxon
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 ...
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). When Margrave William I "the one-eyed" died in 1407, William and Frederick also inherited ...
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This twenty-two pieces of Meissen, blue and white porcelain tea set is in the "Vienna Woods" style. The set includes: reticulated fruit dish, six fruit plates, 4 demitasses and saucers, small teapot, cream pitcher, milk pitcher, two shallow leaf shaped bowls, shell dish, (1 3/4" diameter base) lobed box with cover.
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