Ghislaine Howard
Sale Coordinator
Lot 68*
A Meissen turquoise-ground spirit barrel, circa 1740-45
7 December 2022, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,167.50 inc. premium
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Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
A Meissen turquoise-ground spirit barrel, circa 1740-45
Moulded with gilt-edged hoops, each end painted with an elaborate European harbour scene surrounded by gilt scrollwork, one with a small apeture for a tap, the purple-ground reserved with quatrelobe panels with similar European landscape scenes, 16.3cm long (some wear)
Footnotes
The model for this spirit barrel was created by J.J. Kaendler after August 1738, and the figural stopper that would have come with it in April 1739, when it is mentioned in Kaendler's work notes. A similar model with yellow ground together with its stand painted with the arms of Count Brühl is illustrated in U. Pietsch/C. Banz, Triumph der blauen Schwerter (2010), no. 172. The inventory of Count Brühl's pantry lists '3 Grosse Fässer mit 1 Bacchus' and '2 kleinere dergl.' [3 large barrels with 1 Bacchus and 2 smaller similar].
A purple ground spirit barrel with its matching stopper was sold in these rooms, 6 July 2021, lot 54.
