A VOLKSTEDT TWO-HANDLED SHAPED OVAL STAND , CIRCA 1770 | Christie's

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European Ceramics and Glass Including the Property of a Collector

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31 March 2008

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Lot 296

A VOLKSTEDT TWO-HANDLED SHAPED OVAL STAND

CIRCA 1770

Price realised

GBP 438

Estimate

GBP 700 - GBP 900

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A VOLKSTEDT TWO-HANDLED SHAPED OVAL STAND
CIRCA 1770
Painted with a large central bouquet surrounded by scattered bouquets and flower-sprays, the alt Brandenstein ozier-moulded border with four sprays, the ends with pierced rocaille-moulded handles enriched in puce (surface lacquered disguising repairs, slight flaking to enamels with slight retouching)
17 1/8 in. (43.3 cm.) wide
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Lot Essay

This stand bears similarities in form and decoration to the service produced by Volkstedt for the Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt in 1766, illustrated in Volkstedter Porzellan, 1760-1800, Thüringer Landesmuseum Heidecksburg, Rudolstadt, Exhibition Catalogue (1999), pp. 200-206.

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