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Cf. K. Berling Meissener Porzellan for a very similar illustrated piece (possibly the present lot).
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CIRCA 1737-41, TRACES OF BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO BASE, CONTEMPORARY MOUNTS
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A Meissen ormolu-mounted shell spice-box from the Swan service
Circa 1737-41, traces of blue crossed swords mark to base, contemporary mounts
Crisply modelled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein as a shell with iron-red, green and manganese markings enriched with gilding, on three feet, two formed as richly gilt shells, the other as a bearded water-god's head flanked by gilt scrolls and surmounted by a gilt shell, the interior mounted with a gilt-metal cylindrical container and divider surmounted by a pierced dome cover, the underside with a grater for nutmeg (minute chip to gilt shell above bearded head and to beard, some very slight rubbing to gilding of cover, minute chipping near screws of hinge)
Approximately 5½ in. (14 cm.) wide
Circa 1737-41, traces of blue crossed swords mark to base, contemporary mounts
Crisply modelled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein as a shell with iron-red, green and manganese markings enriched with gilding, on three feet, two formed as richly gilt shells, the other as a bearded water-god's head flanked by gilt scrolls and surmounted by a gilt shell, the interior mounted with a gilt-metal cylindrical container and divider surmounted by a pierced dome cover, the underside with a grater for nutmeg (minute chip to gilt shell above bearded head and to beard, some very slight rubbing to gilding of cover, minute chipping near screws of hinge)
Approximately 5½ in. (14 cm.) wide
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