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Nymphenburg Standing Chow-Chow Figurine The Elector Max II Joseph succeeded to the Bavarian throne at age 18 on the death of his father, Karl Abrecht in 1745. The country had been devastated by the war of Austrian Succession, and Max III Joseph concluded a peace treaty with the Hapsburgs to prevent further damage. In 1747, he married Maria Anna Sophie of Saxony, granddaughter of Augustus the Strong (the founder of the Meissen Manufactory). Under Max III Joseph's reign Bavaria enjoyed an economic and intellectual revitalization. The Electoral Porcelain Factory was begun in 1747 east of Munich, and fourteen years later moved to the Nymphenburg Palace where it remains today. The Manufactory had gained universal acclaim by 1767‚competitors were studying Nymphenburg's products in order to learn the factories' techniques. In 1862 King Max III Joseph agreed to a privatization of the Manufactory. During this period the Manufactory thrived. It influenced the spirit of the times and was a forerunner in coming development. It did important work producing life-like under-glaze animal figures which are still made and cherished to this day. In 1975 the Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory was leased to the Wittelsbach Trust Fund. Today the porcelain bears the initial of the head of the House Wittelsbach next to the Bavarian crest. The pieces marked with an
 
Nymphenburg Standing Chow-Chow Figurine
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Item #: 91651
$1,339
6" Height

The Elector Max II Joseph succeeded to the Bavarian throne at age 18 on the death of his father, Karl Abrecht in 1745. The country had been devastated by the war of Austrian Succession, and Max III Joseph concluded a peace treaty with the Hapsburgs to prevent further damage. In 1747, he married Maria Anna Sophie of Saxony, granddaughter of Augustus the Strong (the founder of the Meissen Manufactory). Under Max III Joseph's reign Bavaria enjoyed an economic and intellectual revitalization. The Electoral Porcelain Factory was begun in 1747 east o ...
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