Ghislaine Howard
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Lot 29
A very rare Meissen underglaze-blue-decorated large pewter-mounted cylindrical tankard, circa 1720-23
7 December 2022, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £12,750 inc. premium
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Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
A very rare Meissen underglaze-blue-decorated large pewter-mounted cylindrical tankard, circa 1720-23
Painted probably by J.G. Höroldt in underglaze-blue with a chinoiserie scene depicting a standing and a seated figure flanking a table, with further figures, including a woman holding a baby, to the sides, flanked by flowering plants, trees and rockwork, birds and insects in flight overhead, a seeded trellis band reserved with quatrelobe flower panels around the foot, the handle with a flower between two leaves, the pewter cover with ball thumbpiece, 23cm high including cover
Footnotes
See U. Pietsch/C. Banz, Triumph der blauen Schwerter (2010), nos. 68-76, for vessels and dishes decorated in underglaze-blue and polychrome enamels with chinoiserie scenes in the distinctive style attributed to Johann Gregorius Höroldt and Johann Christoph Horn; the physiognomy of the figures and the hanging foliage on the tree, in particular, are closely similar.
