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9780300126815

Fragile Diplomacy : Meissen Porcelain for European Courts

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300126815

  • ISBN10:

    0300126816

  • Format: Trade Book
  • Copyright: 2008-01-17
  • Publisher: Yale University Press

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Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Timeline
Porcelain and Prestige: Princely Gifts and "White Gold" from Meissenp. 3
In the Realm of Meissen Porcelain, "Golden Liberty" and Diplomacy: Saxony and Poland-Lithuania, 1697-1763p. 25
Artistry and Chivalry: Diplomatic Gifts for the Kunstkammer and Rustkammerp. 43
In a Porcelain Mirror: Reflections of Russia from Peter I to Empress Elizabethp. 63
Liaisons Fragiles: Exchanges of Gifts Between Saxony and Prussia in the Early Eighteenth Centuryp. 87
Meissen Porcelain for the Imperial Court in Viennap. 111
Gifts of Meissen Porcelain to the French Court, 1728-50p. 141
Denmark and Saxony: Family Ties and Meissen Porcelainp. 175
Porcelain and Diplomacy at the Courts of Hanover and Colognep. 195
Princes and Porcelain on the Grand Tour of Italyp. 209
Sweden, Hesse-Cassel, and Meissen: The Fragile Peacep. 257
Dogs and Diplomats: Meissen Porcelain in England, 1732-54p. 275
Meissen Porcelain and Porcelain Diplomacy: Concluding Remarksp. 301
Checklist of the Exhibitionp. 307
Archival Specifications for Gifts to and from the Saxon-Polish Court, 1711-56p. 322
Bibliographyp. 349
Indexp. 361
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