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Lot 701 Dα

A Meissen porcelain service with battle scenes in camaieu

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result: 6.875 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain service with battle scenes in camaieu

Comprising a large coffee pot, teapot, milk jug and sugar box, all with original lids, two tea bowls and saucers. Finely painted with battle scenes and soldiers in purple rimmed cartouches. Blue crossed swords mark, various dreher's marks and numbers, including o for Johann Caspar Haase, all pieces marked 99 in gold. The spout of the milk jug fitted with a gilt metal ring. Minor chips and repairs. H of coffee pot with lid 23.5 cm.
Circa 1739 - 40.

Provenance

Acquired from Sotheby´s London, 17th June 1986, lot 231.

Literature

Illus. in cat.: Blütenlese. Meißener Porzellan aus der Sammlung Tono Dreßen, Munich 2018, p. 135, no. 92.
Cf. similarly decorated items with battle scenes after designs by Rugendas in the Wark Collection (Pietsch, Early Meissen Porcelain. The Wark Collection from The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, London 2011, cat. no. 496 - 498.