拍品专文
According to Michael Newman, this cream-pot, cover and stand was among the objects discovered at an East German Castle packed in straw-filled crates, un-opened since their delivery in circa 1738-40.
CIRCA 1725, GILDER'S 3 TO EACH, DREHER'S TO FOOTRIM
细节
A MEISSEN CREAM-POT, COVER AND STAND
CIRCA 1725, GILDER'S 3 TO EACH, DREHER'S TO FOOTRIM
The cream-pot with a scroll handle and three paw feet, painted with three panels of figures in landscapes, within gilt cartouches with Böttger-lustre panels and puce scrolls, the cover similarly painted about a knop finial, the stand with an extensive river landscape with fortifications among hills, within a similar cartouche, the border with elaborate interlocking gilt scrollwork and flowerheads, the underside with indianische Blumen (chip to rim of cream-pot, stand with chip to footrim, minute chip to rim and minor wear)
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) diam.
CIRCA 1725, GILDER'S 3 TO EACH, DREHER'S TO FOOTRIM
The cream-pot with a scroll handle and three paw feet, painted with three panels of figures in landscapes, within gilt cartouches with Böttger-lustre panels and puce scrolls, the cover similarly painted about a knop finial, the stand with an extensive river landscape with fortifications among hills, within a similar cartouche, the border with elaborate interlocking gilt scrollwork and flowerheads, the underside with indianische Blumen (chip to rim of cream-pot, stand with chip to footrim, minute chip to rim and minor wear)
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) diam.
来源
A Saxon Noble family, since circa 1738-40, and thence by descent
With Newman and Newman, London, 1963
Sir Philip Shelbourne Collection, sale Christie's, Myles Place, The Close, Salisbury, 25th October 1993, lot 401
With Newman and Newman, London, 1963
Sir Philip Shelbourne Collection, sale Christie's, Myles Place, The Close, Salisbury, 25th October 1993, lot 401
出版
Michael Newman, Die Deutschen Porzellan-Manufakturen im 18. Jahrhundert (Brunswick, 1977), Vol. I, p. 14, fig. 12.
注意事项
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
荣誉呈献
Dominic Simpson