A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN WINE BOTTLE-COOLERS
A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN WINE BOTTLE-COOLERS

CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN PORCELAIN WINE BOTTLE-COOLERS
CIRCA 1750, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS
Modelled by J.G. Ehder, each with rocaille shell handles, painted with Holzschnitt Blumen, the lower-body moulded with gadroons
5 ¾ in. (14.5 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

An example of the form (with the addition of a Brühlsches Allerlei relief-moulded border), the modelling attributed to Ehder, is illustrated by Ulrich Pietsch, et al., Schwanen Service, Meissener Porzellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, Exhibition Catalogue, Leipzig, 2000, p. 207, no. 148. In October 1746 Ehder noted in his work-book ‘A small ice-bucket for the Brühlsches Servis of the noble family von Thon’. This type of vessel served to cool wine bottles.

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