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Lot 1585 D α

An early Meissen porcelain cream pot with "onion pattern" decor

Auction 1196 - overview Cologne
20.05.2022, 10:00 - Decorative Arts incl. Highly Important Mortars the Schwarzach Collection Part IV.
Estimate: 800 € - 1.000 €
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An early Meissen porcelain cream pot with "onion pattern" decor

Bombé-form vessel on three paw-feet. With original saucer and probably original lid. Blue crossed swords mark with two and three dots over the guards (cream pot and saucer), dreher's number 6 in the basal ring of the saucer. The tip of the spout restored. H cream pot 14, D plate 17.7 cm.
1740s.

Provenance

Private collection, Rhineland.

Literature

Illus. in Schneider (ed.), "Kobaltblau" Meißener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts aus einer rheinischen Privatsammlung, Aachen 2001, cat. no. 41.
Arnold/Diefenbacher (ed.), Meissener Blaumalerei aus drei Jahrhunderten, Leipzig 1989, cat. no. 196 (Porzellansammlung Dresden, Inv.Nr. P.E. 2287 a/b).

Exhibitions

Couven-Museum Aachen 30th June to 30th September 2001.
LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur Münster 2001.