Lot Essay
Other pieces of this pattern were in the Klemperer Collection, nos. 77 and 78, and the Alix de Rothschild Collection sold in these Rooms on 28th June 1976, lot 184.
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CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, GILDER'S H. MARK
Details
A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE PLATE
CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, GILDER'S H. MARK
The centre painted by Stadler with an Oriental lady standing on a mound flanked by insects in flight, an elaborate stylised fence and a flowering shrub, within a broad band of gilt interlocking scrolls at the well, the border painted by another hand with four estuary scenes with boats and galleons, the shores with figures, quaysides, barrels, packages and fortifications, within elongated Böttger-lustre band cartouches gilt with scrolls and dot ornament, divided by four triangular gilt panels with Böttger-lustre scale ornament and edged with gilt scrolls, within a gilt line border (centre and edge of well with minute areas of wear)
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) diam.
CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, GILDER'S H. MARK
The centre painted by Stadler with an Oriental lady standing on a mound flanked by insects in flight, an elaborate stylised fence and a flowering shrub, within a broad band of gilt interlocking scrolls at the well, the border painted by another hand with four estuary scenes with boats and galleons, the shores with figures, quaysides, barrels, packages and fortifications, within elongated Böttger-lustre band cartouches gilt with scrolls and dot ornament, divided by four triangular gilt panels with Böttger-lustre scale ornament and edged with gilt scrolls, within a gilt line border (centre and edge of well with minute areas of wear)
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) diam.
Provenance
With The Antique Porcelain Company, Bond St., London.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.