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Lot 697 Dα

A Meissen porcelain tray with five small cups

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 3.500 € (incl. premium)

A Meissen porcelain tray with five small cups

Alt-Ozier model. Tray of quatrefoil section decorated with elegant couples and merchants in finely painted Continental landscapes in black rimmed reserves. Blue crossed swords mark, dreher's number 24 (all cups) and 26 (tray). The tray handles restored, one cup handle chipped, two handles with minor firing cracks at the joins. W tray 25.1, D 19.7. H cups ca. 3.5 cm.
Circa 1740/45, decor attributed to Johann George Heintze.

Literature

Illus. in cat.: Blütenlese. Meißener Porzellan aus der Sammlung Tono Dreßen, Munich 2018, p. 91, no. 60.
Cf. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich 1966, no. 598 - 602 (tray with four cups).
A further example with four cups in the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, inv. no. 50.192.1-5 (cat. Triumph der blauen Schwerter, Dresden-Leipzig 2010, no. 135).