Live Auction 1987Important European Furniture, Works of Art, Ceramics, Carpets, And Glass
A VINCENNES WHITE POT-POURRI VASE AND A MEISSEN COVER
Lot 160PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LEO & DORIS HODROFF

A VINCENNES WHITE POT-POURRI VASE AND A MEISSEN COVER

CIRCA 1750

Closed20 May 2008

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A VINCENNES WHITE POT-POURRI VASE AND A MEISSEN COVER
Circa 1750
Pear-shape with stellate reticulation and applied with flowers and vines, on a rockwork base before a tree-stump, the hard-paste replacement cover likely German and of slightly later date
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high overall (2)

Mrs. John W. Cristner, Dallas, Texas; Christie's, New York, 30 November - 1 December 1979, lot 175.

Specialist note

The cover is the same mold as those found on the Meissen flower-encrusted garniture of three vases and covers offered as lot 109 in the present sale.