Lot Essay
See Rainer Rckert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich, 1966, no. 421, plate 109, and the Donahue Collection, Sotheby Parke-Bernet Inc., New York, 29 April 1972, lot 162 for similar examples.
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS TO BOTH STANDS AND CUELLES, ONE STAND WITH PRESSNUMMER 16, THE OTHER PRESSNUMMER 22
Details
A PAIR OF MEISSEN TURQUOISE-GROUND LARGE CUELLES, COVERS AND STANDS
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords marks to both stands and cuelles, one stand with Pressnummer 16, the other Pressnummer 22
Of hemispheric form with gilt pierced lappet-shaped handles and berried finial, painted in colours with European harbor scenes and landscapes reserved on the pale-turquoise ground within gilt bands, gilt line rims (4)
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords marks to both stands and cuelles, one stand with Pressnummer 16, the other Pressnummer 22
Of hemispheric form with gilt pierced lappet-shaped handles and berried finial, painted in colours with European harbor scenes and landscapes reserved on the pale-turquoise ground within gilt bands, gilt line rims (4)
Provenance
Baroness Ren de Becker
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Johnson, Bel Air, California; Sotheby Parke-Bernet Inc., New York, 9 December 1972, lot 37
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Johnson, Bel Air, California; Sotheby Parke-Bernet Inc., New York, 9 December 1972, lot 37
Exhibited
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1949, no. 225