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Meissen Porcelain

pair of gilt-bronze candelabra, circa 1782, with hard-paste porcelain and marble elements

Letter from the Director: Summer 2016

Director Ian Wardropper discusses the evolution of the collection, including recent acquisitions.

photo of white porcelain dish decorated with large red dragon and cup-like objects

Porcelain, No Simple Matter: Arlene Shechet and the Arnhold Collection

May 24, 2016 to April 2, 2017

A collaboration with New York−based sculptor Arlene Shechet, this exhibition explored the complex history of making, collecting, and displaying porcelain. About one hundred eighteenth-century pieces produced by the Royal Meissen Manufactory, many from the promised gift of Henry H. Arnhold, were juxtaposed with sixteen of Shechet’s own works.

Green porcelain teapot with orange fish decorations.

White Gold: Highlights from the Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain

December 13, 2011 to January 6, 2013

New Portico Gallery Opened with Presentation of Sculpture and Selections from an Important Promised Gift of Meissen Porcelain from Henry H. Arnhold

The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain, 1710–50

March 25, 2008 to June 29, 2008

The Frick Collection exhibited a selection of Meissen porcelain from the collection of Henry Arnhold. One of the greatest private holdings of early Meissen assembled in the twentieth century, the collection was formed in two phases, the first in Dresden between 1926 and 1935 by Henry’s parents, Lisa (née Mattersdorff; 1890–1972) and Heinrich (1885–1935) Arnhold ; the second, by Henry in New York between 1972 and 2006.