A MEISSEN HAUSMALEREI DEAD-LEAF BROWN GROUND HONEY-COMB MOULDED TEA CADDY AND COVER

CIRCA 1730, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, SILVERED IN AUGSBURG, PROBABLY IN THE WORKSHOP OF ABRAHAM SEUTER

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A MEISSEN HAUSMALEREI DEAD-LEAF BROWN GROUND HONEY-COMB MOULDED TEA CADDY AND COVER
Circa 1730, blue crossed swords mark, silvered in Augsburg, probably in the workshop of Abraham Seuter
Of arched rectangular form with flat cover, moulded overall with 'honeycomb', covered in a slightly iridescent brown glaze and silvered with Chinoiserie vignettes beneath a band of Laub-und-Bandelwerk
4½in. (11.4cm.) high

Lot Essay

See Maria Campbell Gristina, The Wark Collection of Early Meissen Porcelain, The Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, Florida, 1984, cat. no. 236 for a dead-leaf brown honey-comb moulded arched-rectangular tea caddy with a variant cover similarly decorated in gold.

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