Porzellansammlung: Porcelain Cabinet in the Turmzimmer

Please note that the Porzellankabinett at the Turmzimmer is currently closed for visitors.

Porcelain Cabinet in the Turmzimmer

For a good two centuries the Turmzimmer in the piano nobile of Dresden’s Residenzschloss (Royal Palace) was a prominent room used for displaying the electoral and royal porcelain. Alongside vases from China and Japan, August III exhibited, in particular, the best products of his unique and much-envied Meissen Manufactory, presenting them on gilt consoles set against red painted walls.

With only minor changes, the Baroque Porcelain Cabinet remained intact until the destruction of the Palace in 1945, and it is now being reconstructed. Among the outstanding masterpieces of the Meissen Manufactory that will be returning to the Palace after 75 years in the storerooms of the Porzellansammlung are the vases created by the court sculptor and modeller Johann Joachim Kändler as representations of the elements. Numerous empty wall consoles will act as reminders of the many porcelain items that were lost after being removed for safekeeping before the war.

Abbildung eines Raumes mit Porzellangefäßen — **Das Turmzimmer im Residenzschloss Dresden, 1896**

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