CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PAINTER'S MARK M11 TO THE FOOTRIM

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND GILT COFFEE-POT AND COVER
Circa 1735, blue crossed swords mark, painter's mark M11 to the
footrim
Of pear shape, molded with vertical ribs and painted in underglaze-blue and gilded at Augsburg with the Strohblumenmuster pattern, with a scroll handle and high domed cover
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high (2)

Exhibited

Orlando, Florida, Orlando Museum of Art, Eighteenth Century Meissen Porcelain from the Collection of Gertrude J. and Robert T. Anderson, March 27, 1988 - February 12, 1989, No. 10

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Lot Essay

This unusual technique of adding solid, tooled gilding directly on top of the underglaze blue decoration is thought to have been done at the Seuter workshop in Augsburg and appears on a number of different patterns.

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