A Magdeburg reticulated rococo baluster pot-pourri vase and cover

CIRCA 1765

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A Magdeburg reticulated rococo baluster pot-pourri vase and cover
Circa 1765
Of similar form to the preceding, decorated in manganese and green with Commedia dell'arte figures of Harlequin, Scaramouche and Mezzetin before buildings in landscapes (large restored chip to footrim, one petal of flower finial restored, slight glaze flaking), green M mark
13¼in. (33.5cm.) high

Lot Essay

Meinz does not illustrate any Magdeburg pieces with Italian Comedy subjects. The iconographic source for the figures would appear to be the engravings published by Johann Jacob Wolrab in Nuremberg in 1722 which had already been used as a source of inspiration by Simon Feilner at Fürstenberg, see H. Morley-Fletcher, The Pfleuger Collection, vol. 1, p.128 et seq.

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