Winter 2011: A time of gifts

Last Updated on Thursday, 17 November 2011 11:05 Written by External Post Thursday, 17 November 2011 11:05

Count von Brühl took full advantage of his position as director of the porcelain factory: he ordered it by the crate. What was unrecognised, says Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, was that some of the highlights were made for the king

In December, Bonhams will auction a set of five Meissen vases once owned by the legendary Saxon statesman and collector, Count Heinrich von Brühl (1700-63) and which were in the possession of his descendants until 1926. Brühl was a cabinet…
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