Lot Essay
Cf. the examples sold in these Rooms on 9 April 1979, lot 180
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
TWELVE MEISSEN KNIFE-HANDLES AND TWELVE MEISSEN FORK-HANDLES
Details
TWELVE MEISSEN KNIFE-HANDLES AND TWELVE MEISSEN FORK-HANDLES
Circa 1745
Of pistol shape, painted with Holzschnitt Blumen in the manner of Klinger including daffodil, tulip, narcissus, carnation and rose and one knife-handle with a cherry and gooseberries, between ozier moulded butts and hafts edged in gilt and painted with scattered insects (one knife-handle and one fork-handle damaged, two knife-handles with breaks to hafts and another cracked, slight rubbing to gilding), the re-gilt steel blades and tines with marks for Breslau 1746-58
the handles 3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) long (24)
Circa 1745
Of pistol shape, painted with Holzschnitt Blumen in the manner of Klinger including daffodil, tulip, narcissus, carnation and rose and one knife-handle with a cherry and gooseberries, between ozier moulded butts and hafts edged in gilt and painted with scattered insects (one knife-handle and one fork-handle damaged, two knife-handles with breaks to hafts and another cracked, slight rubbing to gilding), the re-gilt steel blades and tines with marks for Breslau 1746-58
the handles 3 3/8in. (8.5cm.) long (24)