A MEISSEN HERBSGREN-GROUND LARGE ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND

CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO THE ECUELLE AND STAND

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A MEISSEN HERBSGREN-GROUND LARGE ECUELLE, COVER AND STAND
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords mark to the ecuelle and stand
Of circular form with pierced lapet-shaped handles, the domed cover with gilt berried finial painted in purpurmalerei with shaped panels of European landscapes and harbor scenes reserved on the yellowish-green ground, gilt line rims; the stand similarly painted with Indiansche Blumen reserved within a scalloped panel and with similar shaped landscape and harbor scenes, the underside with scattered flower sprays
9.3/8in. (23.8cm.) diameter, the stand; 10in. (26cm.) wide, the ecuelle (2)

Lot Essay

See The Property of a Gentleman, Christie's, New York, 23 April 1998, lot 99 for two turquoise-ground ecuelles, covers and stands of the same size and shape as the present example and from the same collection.

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