THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1726, THE MOUNTS WITH MARKS FOR ELIAS ADAM, AUGSBURG, 1729-1733

For a Meissen chinoiserie tankard with decoration attributed to J.G. Höroldt and similar Augsburg silver-gilt mounts in the Arnhold Collection, see Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain 1710-50, London, 2008, pp. 406-407, no. 164. The silver-gilt cover of the present tankard and that in the Arnhold collection are both mounted with quatrefoil medallions, probably emblematic of the Continents. Several tankards with fantastical chinoiserie scenes are illustrated by Ulrich Pietsch, Johann Gregorius Höroldt 1696-1775 und die Meissener Porzellan-Malerei, Exhibition Catalogue, Zwinger Porzellansammlung, Dresden, Leipzig, 1996, pp. 39, no. 41, 58 & no. 41 (accompanied by a later copy). A chinoiserie tankard attributed to Höroldt in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin also with similar mounts by Elias Adam is illustrated by Stefan Bursche, Meissen, Steinzeug und Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin, Berlin 1980, pp. 83-87, no. 57.