Vase (one of a pair) ca. 1720-25 Meissen Manufactory German During the first several decades of operation, the Meissen factory sold undecorated porcelain to independent porcelain painters known as Hausmalers, or literally painter/s [working at home.”[1 The factory may have been motivated to make these sales for several reasons; chiefly, they generated revenue and provided a means of disposing of seconds,” or slightly flawed objects, as well as models no longer deemed fashionable. In turn, the Hausmalers must have anticipated that they could decorate the porcelains in their small, independent workshops and sell the completed products for lesser sums than those commanded by factory- decorated objects. In general, the Meissen blanks” painted by Hausmalers exhibit a wide range of individual styles that distinguish them from works decorated at Meissen, which tended to adhere to the factory style promulgated at any given moment. While the work of some Hausmalers can appear less accompli