Keywords: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory - Allegory of Taste - Walters 48933.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Johann Joachim Kaendler The Allegory of Taste is originally from a series of statuettes representing the personification of the five senses These statuettes exhibit the masterly sculptural quality of Meissen porcelain between 1733 and 1775 when J J Kändler served as a chief modeler between 1733 1740 gilt on hard-paste porcelain with glaze and paint cm 29 4 accession number 48 933 10875 King Collection Jacques Seligmann New York date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1914 crossed swords in blue place of origin Meissen Germany Walters Art Museum license Meissen porcelain sculptures Porcelain in the Walters Art Museum Johann Joachim Kaendler Allegories of taste |