Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 61
A Meissen milk jug and cover, circa 1745
14 June 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£800 - £1,200
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A Meissen milk jug and cover, circa 1745
Of moulded quatrefoil shape with wishbone handle, painted with landscape vignettes depicting courting couples and, on the reverse, two musicians in a garden setting, one playing a viola a gamba, the spout and rim with a gilt strapwork border, the cover with flower finial and linked to the pot by a metal chain, 14cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (the edge of the spout with some restoration, haircrack to the base of the handle) (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
Italian Private Collection
