Lot 67

PROPERTY FROM THE FALCK COLLECTION (Lots 67–80)The following lots (lots 67 – 80) are part of the collection formed by Alberto Falck (1938-2003) and his wife, Cecilia Collalto Giustiniani (1941-2015). Cecilia had porcelain ‘in the blood’, as she descended from the Venetian noble family who had ordered the famous Meissen armorial service for their palazzo in the mid-18th century. The couple lived in Milan, and for many years Alberto was President of the Milanese private steel company Acciaierie e Ferriere Lombarde Falck, which had been founded by his great, great grandfather in 1833.Alberto was a profound lover of the Arts, collecting among other things, manuscripts and ancient Roman glass, and he began collecting Meissen after marrying Cecilia in 1969. He was particularly drawn to the whiteness and hardness of Meissen porcelain, and was fascinated by the endless forms of objects that were produced, from snuff-boxes, vases or wares to models of animals. Cecilia was fascinated by the detail of the decoration, and how the decorative styles at Meissen evolved during the 18th century. They collected together, beginning with models of birds acquired from a dealer in Milan. After acquiring the models of swans in Venice from the Rothschild collection sale in 1977, the collection grew in earnest. As their passion grew, the breadth of the collection began to include pieces from other 18th century manufactories including Dutch Delft pieces.

A PAIR OF MEISSEN KAKIEMON FLARED BEAKERS

CIRCA 1728, BLUE ENAMEL CROSSED SWORDS MARKS AND WHEEL-ENGRAVED JAPANESE PALACE INVENTORY NUMBER N=334 / W TO EACH, DREHER'S / MARK TO FOOTRIMS

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN KAKIEMON FLARED BEAKERS
CIRCA 1728, BLUE ENAMEL CROSSED SWORDS MARKS AND WHEEL-ENGRAVED JAPANESE PALACE INVENTORY NUMBER N=334 / W TO EACH, DREHER'S / MARK TO FOOTRIMS
Each painted with flowering peony, bamboo, birds and scattered flowers
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high

Provenance

Augustus II the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, Japanese Palace, Dresden.

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Lot Essay

The 1779 Japanese Palace Inventory includes the following entry: 'Fifty-four chocolate beakers on their own, painted with various flowers, 2¾ inches in height, 3¼ in. in diameter, no. 334'.

For two similar beakers see Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, pl. 67, nos. 251 and 252. See Ulrich Pietsch, Early Meissen Porcelain, the Wark Collection, London, 2011, p. 271, nos. 268-269 for two similar beakers decorated with scattered flowerheads and bearing the same inventory number.

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