A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN TUREENS AND COVERS

THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1745, TRACES OF BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO ONE TUREEN, PRESSNUMMER 26 TO TUREENS AND COVERS, PAINTED IN THE MANNER OF JOHANN GOTTFRIED KLINGER, THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU-MOUNTED MEISSEN PORCELAIN TUREENS AND COVERS
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1745, TRACES OF BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO ONE TUREEN, PRESSNUMMER 26 TO TUREENS AND COVERS, PAINTED IN THE MANNER OF JOHANN GOTTFRIED KLINGER, THE MOUNTS 19TH CENTURY
Painted overall with ombrierten Blumen und Insekten, each with a boar's head handle to the lid, the tureen with scrolling acanthus and floral handles on a pierced naturalistic and scrolled acanthus base, the underside to one marked in blue chalk 'L 11 R'
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, 16 in. (41 cm.) wide, 8½ in. (21.5 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 21 June 2000, lot 38.

Lot Essay

Johann Gottfried Klinger worked as a specialized flower and insect painter at Meissen between 1726 and 1746. A.B. Allen suggests that he must have copied the flowers and insects from woodcuts or even from life ('Eighteenth century Meissen Porcelain from the collection of Gertrude and Robert T. Anderson', p. 133).

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