“The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain, 1710–50,” a major show of Meissen at New York’s Frick Collection, ended its run this past June, though the collector, Henry Arnhold, hinted that the pieces may one day reside there. Other world-renowned holdings are on permanent display at the following institutions.

The Zwinger
Built by Augustus II in 1719, this group of ornate buildings in Dresden, now a museum complex, houses the largest porcelain collection in the world, with around 20,000 pieces—8,000 of which are Meissen works from Augustus’s trove.

Staatliche Porzellan-Manufaktur Meissen
The modern-day Meissen factory has an on-site rotating display of more than 20,000 historical examples, several of which are from the Swan service, innerware made in the mid-18th century for the factory’s director at the time,
Count Brühl—as well as a host of animal figurines crafted by the revered golden-age modeler Johann Joachim Kändler.

The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens
This little-known jewel of a museum in Jacksonville, Florida, is home to one of th most comprehensive collections of early Meissen porcelain in the world, with around 700 pieces.

The Dixon Gallery and Gardens
This Memphis institution was given 600 works of 18th-century German porcelain in 1985 as a bequest. About half the collection consists of Meissen from the early to mid- 18th century.

"Treasure Hunt" originally appeared in the September 2008 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's September 2008 Table of Contents.