Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 164
A Meissen oval tureen and cover, circa 1750
2 July 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,785 inc. premium
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Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A Meissen oval tureen and cover, circa 1750
Modelled by J.G. Ehder with 'Gotzkowsky Relief', on four gilt-edged scroll feet and applied with cauliflower branch handles, painted with flower sprigs and scattered flowers, the cover with a purple-edged gilt foliate monogram 'GW' on each side of the rim, the finial modelled as a patridge on a gilt-edged scroll over various vegetables and a lemon, 33cm high; 40cm across handles, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (restored) (2)
Footnotes
A variation of the model created for the 'St. Andrew Service' in the mid 1740s as a gift for the Russian Empress Elizabeth; see U. Pietsch (ed.), Meissen for the Czars (2004), cat. no. 66.
