A MEISSEN RETICULATED AND FLOWER-ENCRUSTED CLOCK CASE

CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, THE MOVEMENT 19TH CENTURY

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A MEISSEN RETICULATED AND FLOWER-ENCRUSTED CLOCK CASE
Circa 1765, blue crossed swords mark, the movement 19th century
The Of rocaille-moulded cartouche shape on scroll feet, the domed cover and shoulder pierced as trellis with forget-me-not blossoms applied at the joins, the circular clock face with roman chapters and set into the central portion, a vignettes in the manner of Boucher of gallants and their companions frolicking in a garden painted below, the sides applies with trailing vines of flowers, figures of putti on one shoulder, a similar putto playing a hurdy gurdy as the finial
21.5/8in. (55cm.) high

Lot Essay

See J. Jefferson Miller, The Hans Syz Collection, Meissen Porcelain and Hausmalerei, the Simthsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1979, no. 209 for another example with the finial and stand that complete the model. The figure of a putto on the present example, though period with the clock, is a replacement.

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