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CIRCA 1730, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Details
A Meissen silver-mounted Kakiemon jug and cover
Circa 1730, blue crossed swords mark
The elongated pear-shaped jug of quatrefoil ogival section with a shallow spout, the scroll handle finely modelled to simulate a branch with foliage terminals, the foliage of the lower terminals with flowers, the body painted with the 'Flying Fox' pattern with bound hedges, berried branches meandering about bamboo staves, a yellow squirrel with black dot markings eating berries and a flying red fox to the left, the quatrefoil ogival domed cover with a flying fox, the cover mounts with a shell thumb-piece, waved edge and shell above the spout (areas of very slight wear to enamels, slight chipping to footrim, small chip to one leaf terminal, a minute chip to two leaf terminals, the cover with two chips adjacent to mount at rim)
7¼ in. (18.3 cm.) high overall
Circa 1730, blue crossed swords mark
The elongated pear-shaped jug of quatrefoil ogival section with a shallow spout, the scroll handle finely modelled to simulate a branch with foliage terminals, the foliage of the lower terminals with flowers, the body painted with the 'Flying Fox' pattern with bound hedges, berried branches meandering about bamboo staves, a yellow squirrel with black dot markings eating berries and a flying red fox to the left, the quatrefoil ogival domed cover with a flying fox, the cover mounts with a shell thumb-piece, waved edge and shell above the spout (areas of very slight wear to enamels, slight chipping to footrim, small chip to one leaf terminal, a minute chip to two leaf terminals, the cover with two chips adjacent to mount at rim)
7¼ in. (18.3 cm.) high overall
Provenance
With G. Segal, Basel, May 1974
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.