Lot Essay
J.G. Klinger joined the Meissen porcelain factory as an apprentice in 1726. In 1731 he is mentioned as a painter specializing in flowers (buntenBlumen). He was later also working as an arcanist.
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The West Collection
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN CREAM POT, COVER AND STAND
CIRCA 1730, BLUE CADUCEUS AND LATER ENAMEL BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO POT, EARLY BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT TO STAND, ONE FOOT SIGNED KLING FOR JOHANN GOTTFRIED KLINGER
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN CREAM POT, COVER AND STAND
CIRCA 1730, BLUE CADUCEUS AND LATER ENAMEL BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO POT, EARLY BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT TO STAND, ONE FOOT SIGNED KLING FOR JOHANN GOTTFRIED KLINGER
With scroll handle, raised on three paw feet, with a border of lambrequins in blue, luster and gold and with indiansiche Blumen
6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm.) diameter, the saucer
CIRCA 1730, BLUE CADUCEUS AND LATER ENAMEL BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO POT, EARLY BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT TO STAND, ONE FOOT SIGNED KLING FOR JOHANN GOTTFRIED KLINGER
With scroll handle, raised on three paw feet, with a border of lambrequins in blue, luster and gold and with indiansiche Blumen
6 1/8 in. (15.6 cm.) diameter, the saucer
Provenance
Acquired directly from the factory.
By descent through the family.
With Angela Gräfin von Wallwitz, London, 1988.
With Robert Williams, England, 13 July 1988.
By descent through the family.
With Angela Gräfin von Wallwitz, London, 1988.
With Robert Williams, England, 13 July 1988.
Exhibited
London, An Exhibition of Continental Porcelain at Ermitage, Ltd., June 9-15, 1988, illus. in color.