Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 98
A large Meissen oval tureen and cover from the 'Brühlsche Allerlei' service, circa 1745-46
14 June 2017, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £22,500 inc. premium
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A large Meissen oval tureen and cover from the 'Brühlsche Allerlei' service, circa 1745-46
Of lobed oval form on four gilt-edged scroll feet, the handles modelled as root vegetables entwined with peas, the finial in the form of cauliflower on gilt-edged scrollwork over asparagus, peas and a langoustine, the rims moulded with shells against trellis and basketwork and with trailing flower sprays coloured in enamels, finely painted with fruit, flowers, vegetables and nuts, gilt-edged rims, 34cm across handles; 28.5cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (very minor wear and damage) (2)
Footnotes
Provenance:
From the service commissioned by Heinrich Graf von Brühl in 1742 and listed at his death in 1763 in his Dresden palace in the Augustusstrasse
The 'Brühlsche Allerlei' service was one of the most magnificent table services made at the Meissen manufactory and is comparable in scale and ambition to the better-known Swan Service. The service has been thoroughly discussed by Johanna Lessmann, Das "Brühlsche Allerlei" Ein Service für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, in U. Pietsch (ed.), Schwwanenservice (2000), pp. 106-123. The service originally comprised over 2000 pieces, including dinner, dessert and coffee services, and at Brühl's death in 1763, still included 24 oval and 23 circular tureens of various sizes. Most of the modelling work on the service appears to have been done by J.F. Eberlein and J.G. Ehder, whose work records include numerous references to the service. Kaendler's work records include, in November 1746, a large tureen for the service. Two large groups from the service were sold by Sotheby's London, 8 July 1997, lot 57; and by Sotheby's New York, 21 November 2014, lot 1304.
