Lot Essay
See an anonymous sale, Christie's, New York, 5 November 1992, lot 146 for a similar example (lacking the crown finial).
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LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
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A MEISSEN ARMORIAL FLOWER-ENCRUSTED TWO-HANDLED SUGAR-BOX AND COVER
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled after the Krönungsservice, of oblong octagonal form, flanked by upright shell and scroll handles, the stepped cover surmounted by a beaded crown resting on a tasselled cushion above the arms of the King of Poland and the Electors of Saxony, on a panelled gilt scrollwork ground, alternately enriched en grisaille and applied with cluster of flowers or cartouches painted after Watteau, the conforming garlanded box raised on four scroll feet
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) wide, overall (2)
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Modelled after the Krönungsservice, of oblong octagonal form, flanked by upright shell and scroll handles, the stepped cover surmounted by a beaded crown resting on a tasselled cushion above the arms of the King of Poland and the Electors of Saxony, on a panelled gilt scrollwork ground, alternately enriched en grisaille and applied with cluster of flowers or cartouches painted after Watteau, the conforming garlanded box raised on four scroll feet
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) wide, overall (2)