Lot 67

A Meissen cockerel teapot and cover, circa 1735

Fine European Ceramics

7 December 2011, 10:30 GMT

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £7,500 inc. premium

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A Meissen cockerel teapot and cover, circa 1735

Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, with its head turned to the rear and a spout at the neck, the plumage painted in bright colours and gilding, with gilt foliate scrollwork motifs below the spout and either side of the rim, the cover painted with flower sprigs and with a finial in the form of a recumbent dog, 15.5cm long, traces of crossed swords mark in blue, impressed Dreher's mark of three dots in a triangle (some restoration to comb and cover, haircrack to right side

Footnotes

Another example of this model is illustrated by R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810 (1966), no. 1126, where the entry in Kaendler's records in May 1734 for this model is quoted.

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