A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE BALUSTER COFFEE-POT AND COVER
CIRCA 1728, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, DREHER'S INCISED TO FOOTRIM
Painted by J.G. Höroldt with chinoiserie figures on a terrace supported by double iron-red lines, one figure pushing a seated dignitary in a canopied rickshaw, a seated lady nearby feeding a dog, the vessels on a table and the jardinière of flowers on a pedestal enriched in Böttger-lustre, a gilt Laub-und-Bandelwerk border near the rim and around the gilt spout, the S-scroll handle with indianische Blumen, the domed cover with further figures below a gilt ball finial, broad gilt band rims (interior edge of pot rim with minute chip, some flaking and wear to gilding, in particular to upper rim of pot, edge and underside edge rim of cover and finial)
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE BALUSTER COFFEE-POT AND COVER
CIRCA 1728, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, DREHER'S INCISED TO FOOTRIM
Painted by J.G. Höroldt with chinoiserie figures on a terrace supported by double iron-red lines, one figure pushing a seated dignitary in a canopied rickshaw, a seated lady nearby feeding a dog, the vessels on a table and the jardinière of flowers on a pedestal enriched in Böttger-lustre, a gilt Laub-und-Bandelwerk border near the rim and around the gilt spout, the S-scroll handle with indianische Blumen, the domed cover with further figures below a gilt ball finial, broad gilt band rims (interior edge of pot rim with minute chip, some flaking and wear to gilding, in particular to upper rim of pot, edge and underside edge rim of cover and finial)
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
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