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Lot 1344 D α

A Meissen porcelain ecuelle on stand in a fitted leather case

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 10:00 - Decorative Arts - Silver, Porcelain, Faience
Estimate: 9.000 € - 10.000 €
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A Meissen porcelain ecuelle on stand in a fitted leather case

Soup bowl decorated with merchant scenes in red camaieu to the vessel and lid, the saucer with three Chinoiseries surrounding central "indianische blumen". Blue crossed swords mark, 1 in gold. The monkey finial and handle restored, minor rim chips to the tureen. H bowl 10, D saucer 17.2 cm. Octagonal leather travel case monogrammed V.M.C. H 5, D c. 25 cm.
Meissen, around 1735, decor attributed to Christian Friedrich Herold.

Provenance

Collection of Brigitte Britzke, Bad Pyrmont.
European private collection.

Literature

Illustrated in cat. Meißener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts aus Bad Pyrmonter Privatbesitz, Bad Pyrmont 2002, p. 36 f.
Illustrated in cat. La porcelana de Meissen en la Colección Britzke 1709 - 1765 The Meissen Porcelain of the Britzke Collection, Segovia 2009, pp. 66 f.
Cf. an identical saucer in the Wark Collection in Pietsch, Early Meissen Porcelain. The Wark Collection, London 2011, cat. no. 165.
For more on Herold, see Lübke, Der Meißner Maler Christian Friedrich Herold - die charakteristischen Merkmale seiner künstlerischen Handschrift, in: Keramos 195/2007, p. 65 ff.

Exhibitions

Exhibited at Bad Pyrmont Palace in 2002.