A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE BEAKER AND COVER

CIRCA 1728, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, GILDER'S 3. TO BOTH

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A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE BEAKER AND COVER
Circa 1728, blue crossed swords mark, gilder's 3. to both
Of tapering conical form on a spreading foot moulded with gilt gadroons, painted in the manner of J.G. Höroldt with a continuous scene of Orientals at vaious pursuits, including taking tea, on a terrace with an ornamental fence, flowering shrubs and birds and insects in flight, above an iron-red double line border and below a gilt Laub- und Bandelwerk border, a similar border to the interior below a gilt band rim, the shallow domed cover with two vignettes of Orientals on terraces about a gilt knop finial and within paired concentric iron-red circles and a similar gilt border
4¼in. (10.8cm.) high

Sale room notice

The description should read: A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE BEAKER AND A COVER. Although from the same service as the beaker, the cover is most likely that of the teapot from the service of which both were originally a part.

Lot Essay

For other Meissen chinoiserie beakers similarly painted with figures on a green terrace and with a gilt gadrooned foot, see Meissen Porcelain from a European Private Collection; Sotheby's London, 17 June 1997, lots 18 and 22.

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