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CIRCA 1742, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO STAND AND FOOT OF POT, STAND WITH PRESSNUMMER 21
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A MEISSEN OZIER-MOULDED CREAM-POT, COVER AND STAND
CIRCA 1742, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO STAND AND FOOT OF POT, STAND WITH PRESSNUMMER 21
The cream-pot of slightly squat bombé form on three paw feet, the double-scroll handle with gilt Laub und Bandelwerk, the spout moulded and enriched in brown and gilt with an acanthus leaf above a shell, the body reserved with two quatrefoil panels painted with figures in river landscapes within gilt and brown line cartouches, the cover similarly decorated below a gilt bud finial, the lobed stand with four similar panels around a larger central panel, within a gilt ropetwist border, gilt line rims (finial restuck, minute areas of wear)
The stand 9½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1742, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO STAND AND FOOT OF POT, STAND WITH PRESSNUMMER 21
The cream-pot of slightly squat bombé form on three paw feet, the double-scroll handle with gilt Laub und Bandelwerk, the spout moulded and enriched in brown and gilt with an acanthus leaf above a shell, the body reserved with two quatrefoil panels painted with figures in river landscapes within gilt and brown line cartouches, the cover similarly decorated below a gilt bud finial, the lobed stand with four similar panels around a larger central panel, within a gilt ropetwist border, gilt line rims (finial restuck, minute areas of wear)
The stand 9½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide
Provenance
Anon., sale Jürg Stuker, Berne, (unknown date) 1953, lots 1788 and 1789.
Exhibited
Musée Ariana, Geneva, 1999.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.