Lot 318
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AN ASSEMBLED SET OF FOUR MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL SWEETMEAT DISHES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS
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AN ASSEMBLED SET OF FOUR MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL SWEETMEAT DISHES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS

CIRCA 1750-60, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

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AN ASSEMBLED SET OF FOUR MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL SWEETMEAT DISHES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS
CIRCA 1750-60, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Spring modeled with trailing flowers, Summer holding sheaves of wheat, Autumn holding bunches of grapes and Winter wearing ice-skates, each figure supporting a dish modeled as an open rococo shell
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high, Winter
Provenance
Acquired from J. Rochelle Thomas, London, January 1949.
Literature
D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, vol. IV, 1992, pp. 41-42, no. 15.
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Lot Essay

For a similar example of the model of Autumn, see Hans Syz, J. Jefferson Miller II and R. Rückert, Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection, Washington D.C., 1979, vol. I, p. 455. It is interesting to note that the form was also used at the Frankenthal factory, see E. Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century: The Pauls Collection, London, 1972, vol. II, pp. 144-147.

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