A MEISSEN EWER EMBLEMATIC OF WATER

CIRCA 1880, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK WITH INCISION BELOW, INCISED 320., IMPRESSED 60, AFTER A MODEL BY J.J. KÄNDLER

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A MEISSEN EWER EMBLEMATIC OF WATER
Circa 1880, blue crossed swords mark with incision below, incised 320., impressed 60, after a model by J.J. Kändler
With shell and reed-moulded lip and foot, the handle as tied rushes, the body in relief with an ocean view with galleons, hippocampi and dolphin, a figure of Neptune seated on the shoulder, a Nereid to the side
25in. (63.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

The present ewer, representing one of the four Elements, is after the set modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler in 1741. A full set of four 19th century Meissen ewers emblematic of the Elements was sold in an anon. sale, Christie's, London, 19 October 1995, lot 97.

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