A BTTGER POLISHED RED-STONEWARE OCTAGONAL BALUSTER TEA-CADDY AND A BROWN COVER

CIRCA 1715

Details

A BTTGER POLISHED RED-STONEWARE OCTAGONAL BALUSTER TEA-CADDY AND A BROWN COVER
Circa 1715
Of swelling form and cut with steps
5in. (12.8cm.) high

Lot Essay

See Ralph Wark and Maria Gristina, The Wark Collection of Early Meissen Porcelain at The Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, FL, no. 11 for a similar example; also Sammlung Wilhelm Gumprecht; Cassirer and Helbing, Berlin, 14 March 1918, lots 270, 271, Tafel 29 for a similar pair which sold for 2000 marks.