Lot Essay
See Karl Berling, Meissner Porzellan, Leipzig, 1900, p. 95, fig. 125 for a ewer and cover of similar form painted with flowers in place of the Watteau landscapes found on the present example.
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, THE SILVER HINGE WITH THE MARK OF JULIEN BERTHE
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A MEISSEN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED OZIER-MOULDED EWER AND COVER (TAUFKANNE)
Circa 1750, blue crossed swords mark, the silver hinge with the mark of Julien Berthe
Of baluster form with gilt-enriched rocaille-scroll finial, the handle with the bust of a nymph, painted in colours with Watteau figures in landscapes reserved within rocaille-moulded quatrefoil cartouches on the ozier-moulded ground
9.3/8in. (23.8cm.) high
Circa 1750, blue crossed swords mark, the silver hinge with the mark of Julien Berthe
Of baluster form with gilt-enriched rocaille-scroll finial, the handle with the bust of a nymph, painted in colours with Watteau figures in landscapes reserved within rocaille-moulded quatrefoil cartouches on the ozier-moulded ground
9.3/8in. (23.8cm.) high