A small Meissen porcelain tureen from the dinner service for Count Heinrich von Podewils
Scalloped oval vessel resting on four paw feet, the original lid with a branch shaped handle encrusted with flowers, fruit, and shells. Both sides of the lid and tureen painted with the armorials of the Podewils family with the Order of the Black Eagle supported by two eagles. Blue crossed swords mark. The body restored over a crack, further restorations to one foot, the handle and a small chip in the rim of the lid. H with lid 10, W 13.4, D 10.4 cm.
Circa 1742, model by Johann Joachim Kaendler and Johann Friedrich Eberlein, 1741.
In recognition of his diplomatic services during the first Silesian war, Prussian state minister Count Heinrich von Podewils (1696 - 1760) received an extensive service as a gift from King August III in 1742 whilst acting as envoy in Dresden. The service utilised designs developed in the same year for the hunting service of Prince Elector Clemens August of Bavaria (1700 - 1761).
Tureens from this service are exceedingly rare. A large tureen and cover with its original stand from the former collection of Dr. Ernst Schneider is currently housed in Lustheim palace (inv. no. ES 763 b).
Provenance
Acquired in 2001 from Kunsthandel Zemlin, Hannover.
Literature
Illus. in cat.: Blütenlese. Meißener Porzellan aus der Sammlung Tono Dreßen, Munich 2018, p. 109, no. 72.
Furtner items from this service were formerly kept in the Hoffmeister collection (Sammlung Hoffmeister, Hamburg 1999, vol. II., no. 353-357).