Lot Essay
Other similar cherubs are to be found on the High Altar of the Chapel of St. Antony, Schrezheim, the factory's masterpiece. See Erdner/Nagel, op. cit., colour pl. 2.
THE SCHREZHEIM CUPID CIRCA 1760, THE FRANKENTHAL JUG AND POT-À-JUS CIRCA 1760, BLUE CROWNED CT MONOGRAM MARKS, THE MEISSEN POT-À-JUS CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK, THE FURSTENBERG SAUCERS CIRCA 1760, BLUE F MARKS, THE TWO SAUCERS CIRCA 1760, BLUE F.3 MARKS
Details
A Schrezheim model of Cupid, a Frankenthal hot-milk jug and custard-cup, a Meissen pot-à-jus, six Furstenberg saucers, two German fayence saucers
The Schrezheim Cupid circa 1760, the Frankenthal jug and pot-à-jus circa 1760, blue crowned CT monogram marks, the Meissen pot-à-jus circa 1765, blue crossed swords and dot mark, the Furstenberg saucers circa 1760, blue F marks, the two saucers Circa 1760, blue F.3 marks
The winged putti with his arms out-stretched and scantily clad with a flowered cloth (one wing lacking and one restuck, small areas of restoration to some fingers and one lacking, minute chipping to cloth and feet); the Frankenthal baluster milk-jug with scattered flower-sprays and a large bouquet (section of neck adjacent to handle broken through and repaired and with associated crack, spout with rim chip and restored rim chip); the Frankenthal and Meissen pots-à-jus of bombé form with loop handles, painted with bouquets and scattered flower-sprays, the first enriched with gilding (the first with wear to gilt rim); the Furstenberg saucers gilt with bouquets and scattered flower-sprays within shaped diaper borders (minute rim chip to one, areas of wear to gilding); the fayence saucers painted with loose bouquets and scattered flower-sprays within brown line rims (one with chipping to rim, other with rim chip and crack from rim branching at centre)
The Schrezheim Cupid circa 1760, the Frankenthal jug and pot-à-jus circa 1760, blue crowned CT monogram marks, the Meissen pot-à-jus circa 1765, blue crossed swords and dot mark, the Furstenberg saucers circa 1760, blue F marks, the two saucers Circa 1760, blue F.3 marks
The winged putti with his arms out-stretched and scantily clad with a flowered cloth (one wing lacking and one restuck, small areas of restoration to some fingers and one lacking, minute chipping to cloth and feet); the Frankenthal baluster milk-jug with scattered flower-sprays and a large bouquet (section of neck adjacent to handle broken through and repaired and with associated crack, spout with rim chip and restored rim chip); the Frankenthal and Meissen pots-à-jus of bombé form with loop handles, painted with bouquets and scattered flower-sprays, the first enriched with gilding (the first with wear to gilt rim); the Furstenberg saucers gilt with bouquets and scattered flower-sprays within shaped diaper borders (minute rim chip to one, areas of wear to gilding); the fayence saucers painted with loose bouquets and scattered flower-sprays within brown line rims (one with chipping to rim, other with rim chip and crack from rim branching at centre)
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