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Lot 620 Dα

A Meissen porcelain tea caddy with merchant navy motifs

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Ceramics
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Bid

A Meissen porcelain tea caddy with merchant navy motifs

Painted with finely detailed scenes depicting figures and ships in landscapes, two of which in gold tendril surrounds decorated with tiny figures and miniature landscapes over rich purple lustre ground. Unglazed mark with overglaze purple swords mark, former's mark of Andreas Schiefer, T. in gold, owner's inscription "25525 ENZ.-" in ink. H 10.8 cm.
Around 1730, decor attributed to Christian Friedrich Herold.

Provenance

North German collection, offered in Lempertz Cologne auction 735 on 21st November 1996, lot 71.