A MEISSEN GOLDCHINESEN ARCHED RECTANGULAR TEACADDY AND COVER
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A MEISSEN GOLDCHINESEN ARCHED RECTANGULAR TEACADDY AND COVER

THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1735, THE AUGSBURG GILDING ALMOST CONTEMPORARY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

Closed11 December 2007

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GBP 2,500

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A MEISSEN GOLDCHINESEN ARCHED RECTANGULAR TEACADDY AND COVER
THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1735, THE AUGSBURG GILDING ALMOST CONTEMPORARY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
The Kapuzinerbraun ground gilt in the Seuter workshop with vignettes of figures at various pursuits, below C-scroll and husk ornament, the narrow sides of the body gilt with birds perched on branches, the shoulders with a dragon and a fox, the cover with a pinecone finial above birds (slight cracks to lower section with associated surface flakes)
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high

Specialist note

For a teabowl and saucer with Goldchinesen decoration over a black ground attributed to the Seuter workshop, see Abraham L. den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum Rijksmuseum Catalogue (Amsterdam, 2000), pp. 48-49, no. 21.