A Meissen rectangular tea canister and cover, circa 1735-40

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7 December 2022, 14:00 GMT

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A Meissen rectangular tea canister and cover, circa 1735-40

Painted with Kauffahrtei scenes depicting merchants and their wares by a quayside in the manner of C.F. Herold, on the front and back within a gilt scrollwork cartouche filled with Böttger lustre and edged with iron-red scrollwork, the top painted in iron-red with two figures enclosed by scrolling foliage on a dense seeded ground all within a gilt border, the cover with an iron-red and gilt foliate motif, 9.3cm high, crossed swords mark in blue, impressed Dreher's mark of three dots for Christoph Müller (some minor rubbing around base of neck) (2)

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Provenance:
Anon. sale, Lempertz Cologne, 22 June 1990, lot 1828;
Property from a Swiss Private Collection (acquired by the present owner in the above sale)

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