A Meissen porcelain saucer with a man in the costume of Goethe's Werther - image-1
A Meissen porcelain saucer with a man in the costume of Goethe's Werther - image-2
A Meissen porcelain saucer with a man in the costume of Goethe's Werther - image-1A Meissen porcelain saucer with a man in the costume of Goethe's Werther - image-2

Lot 1172 Dα

A Meissen porcelain saucer with a man in the costume of Goethe's Werther

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 500 € - 800 €
Result: 1.000 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain saucer with a man in the costume of Goethe's Werther

Painted with a lady dressed as a shepherdess extending her hand to a man in the costume of Goethe's Werther. Blue crossed swords mark with star and 4. Minor glaze wear. D 12.4 cm.
Circa 1780 – 1790.

Provenance

"Auctioned by Christie's London on 18th November 1999, lot 144.
The Hiemisch collection."

Literature

Illustrated in Müller-Scherf, Werther-Porzellane in "Goethes Lotte. Ein Frauenleben um 1800", in: Keramos 181/2003, illus. 4.