Lot Essay
For the same form see Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810 (Munich, 1966), p. 108, fig. 424, and the pair sold by Christie's Geneva on 12th May 1986, lot 217 (decorated with Holzschnitt Blumen).
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CIRCA 1730, BLUE CROSSED SWORD MARK
Details
A MEISSEN KAKIEMON CANDLESTICK
CIRCA 1730, BLUE CROSSED SWORD MARK
Of hexagonal section with a three-tiered faceted knopped stem, the lower knop with a gadrooned-moulded rim, painted with flower-sprays and sprigs, the base with pendant flower-sprays within iron-red double line borders, the footrim with a band of iron-red diaper ornament with blue flowerheads at the corners (small shallow chip to base, very slight wear to gilding and enamels)
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
CIRCA 1730, BLUE CROSSED SWORD MARK
Of hexagonal section with a three-tiered faceted knopped stem, the lower knop with a gadrooned-moulded rim, painted with flower-sprays and sprigs, the base with pendant flower-sprays within iron-red double line borders, the footrim with a band of iron-red diaper ornament with blue flowerheads at the corners (small shallow chip to base, very slight wear to gilding and enamels)
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high
Provenance
With Reichert, Munich, from whom it was acquired in 1989.
Special notice
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