A rare Neoclassical Höchst porcelain potpourri - image-1

Lot 686 Dα

A rare Neoclassical Höchst porcelain potpourri

Auction 1244 - overview Cologne
15.05.2024, 10:00 - Silver Porcelain Ceramics
Estimate: 2.800 € - 3.000 €
Result: 3.528 € (incl. premium)

A rare Neoclassical Höchst porcelain potpourri

Decorated with a figural frieze, the original pierced cover entwined by two snakes. Hollow glazed base with blue wheel mark and electoral crown, engraved R. Firing cracks, the snakes restored. H 40 cm.
1770s/1780s, the model attributed to Johann Peter Melchior.

Literature

For similar items cf. Röder/Oppenheim, das Höchster Porzellan auf der Jahrtausend-Ausstellung in Mainz 1925, Mainz 1930, cat. no. 737 ff.