CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND GILDER'S 7.

Details

A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE ARCHED-RECTANGULAR TEA-CADDY AND COVER
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND GILDER'S 7.
Possibly painted by C.F. Herold, with Orientals at various pursuits by tables, shrubs and vases and beneath palm trees, each on elaborate gilt and Böttger-lustre diaper-pannelled supports edged with purple and red scrolls, the gilt-edged shoulder and cover with indianische Blumen (very slight wear to gilding on shoulder, cover extensively restored)
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) high

Provenance

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 16th October 1989, lot 254

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

For a very similar caddy in the Wark Collection, see M. Gristina et al., The Wark Collection, Early Meissen Porcelain (Jacksonville, 1984), p. 144, no. 209. Another similar caddy from the Wolfe Collection, which is decorated with a scene identical to one on the prsent lot, was sold by Bonhams, London, on 17th June 1998, lot 67.

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