A Meissen Armorial kakiemon baluster oil-pot and cover

CIRCA 1735-40, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

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A Meissen Armorial kakiemon baluster oil-pot and cover
Circa 1735-40, blue crossed swords mark
Painted with flowering branches of peony and chrysanthemum, the Arms in purpurmalerei with a shield enclosed by foliage-scroll mantling and surmounted by a plumed helmet beneath the spout, both the fluted spout and triple scroll handle enriched in purpurmalerei, the cover with indianische Blumen, pine-cone finial and brown line rim (slight chip to rim of cover)
6¼in. (16cm.) high

Lot Essay

The coat-of-arms unidentified.

For other pieces from this service, of which very few examples are recorded, see Rainer Rückert, op. cit. (1966), fig. 474, Paul Schnyder von Wartensee, 'Meissner Wappenservice des 18 Jahrhunderts', Keramik Freunde der Schweiz, no. 50/1960, p. 44 and Erik Larsen, Davids Samling Meissen Porceloen, no. 67.

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