Lot Essay
Cf. Erik Lassen, Die Sammlung David Meissen Porzellan, pp. 158-9, no. 63
Sold by Order of the Executors of
The Late SIR HENRY TATE Bt.
A MEISSEN SILVER-MOUNTED KAKIEMON BARREL-SHAPED CREAM-JUG AND COVER with pinched lip and loop handle at right angles, painted with the Flying Fox pattern, squirrel among vine and banded hedges (inside flange of cover lacking, hairline cracks to spout), blue crossed swords mark and indistinct Pressnummer, circa 1740, the mount later
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A MEISSEN SILVER-MOUNTED KAKIEMON BARREL-SHAPED CREAM-JUG AND COVER with pinched lip and loop handle at right angles, painted with the Flying Fox pattern, squirrel among vine and banded hedges (inside flange of cover lacking, hairline cracks to spout), blue crossed swords mark and indistinct Pressnummer, circa 1740, the mount later
9.5cm. high
9.5cm. high