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Lot 1125 Dα

A Meissen porcelain snuff box formed as a basket of grapes and fruit

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 5.000 € - 7.000 €
Result: 6.250 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain snuff box formed as a basket of grapes and fruit

With gilt copper mountings. The upper part forming the lid. Depicting a basket filled with apples, peaches, and grapes and painted with bouquets. Unmarked. Restored. H 10.2, W 6 cm.
Model by Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1737.

Literature

"This model also housed in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (see Beaucamp-Markowsky, Porzellandosen des 18. Jahrhunderts, Munich 1985, no. 188).
For the entry in Kaendler's workshop records see Pietsch, Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler 1706 - 1775, Leipzig 2002, p. 46: ""Eine Tabattiere gefertiget in gestalt einer Wein oder Wintzer Putte""."