Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 159
A Meissen double-handled pot-pourri vase and cover, circa 1760
2 July 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,562.50 inc. premium
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Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A Meissen double-handled pot-pourri vase and cover, circa 1760
Each side painted with a scene depicting birds in a landscape, moulded with shell- and scrollwork, the foliate handles surrounded by applied fruiting and floral branches, a winged putto below the left handle and another to the right side of the foot, the pierced cover similarly decorated and applied with a large flower and fruit finial, 38cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (some restoration) (2)
Footnotes
The model of this vase and cover may well have been part of a garniture made for Frederick the Great. A garniture of three vases painted with flowers in the Neues Palais, Potsdam, includes a vase similar to the present lot, illustrated in Samuel Wittwer, Friedrich der Große und das Meißener Porzellan, in Keramos 208 (2010), p.42.
