Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 25
A rare Meissen olio pot and cover, circa 1725-30
7 – 8 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,295 inc. premium
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Sebastian Kuhn
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A rare Meissen olio pot and cover, circa 1725-30
In the white, the pot with two moulded prunus branches, applied with branch handles and raised on three paw feet, the cover similarly moulded with three prunus sprigs, applied with a branch finial, 15cm high; 20.5cm across handles, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (2)
Footnotes
The weekly work records of the Meissen formers and turners between 1722 and 1728 record 'Olienbecher' applied with flowers between 1724-26, as well as numerous mentions of the feet, finials, handles and branch-handles for the form (C. Boltz, Die wöchentlichen Berichte über die Tätigkeit der Meissner Dreher und Former vom 6. Juni 1722 bus 31. Dezember 1728, in Keramos 178 (2002), pp. 69 and 74).
