26 May 2010
10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street
The Hoffmeister Collection of Meissen Porcelain Part Two
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The Hoffmeister Collection of Meissen Porcelain Part Two
Back to auction 17977
A rare Meissen two-handled chocolate beaker and saucer and another saucer
circa 1725
Each moulded with a fluted band with alternating green and gilt grounds, superbly painted with chinoiserie scenes, the saucer with a figure kneeling by two bowls and another filled with objects, flanked by flowering bushes, within a shaped gilt quatrelobe cartouche filled with Böttger lustre and embellished with iron-red scrollwork, the saucer with two scenes depicting figures taking tea, and another kneeling before an idol, the ear-shaped handles embellished in gilding, formal gilt scroll borders to rims, the saucer: 12.6cm diam.; the beaker: 8.1cm high impressed .. inside footrim of beaker, incised / inside footrim of saucer, together with a similar Meissen saucer, circa 1725, painted with a scene depicting a kneeling figure holding a staff in which three birds are perched, within a shaped gilt qautrelobe cartouche filled with Böttger lustre and enbellished with iron-red foliate scrollwork, formal gilt swag border, the reverse moulded with a fluted border alternating in green and gold, 12.7cm diam., incised / inside footrim (3)
Each moulded with a fluted band with alternating green and gilt grounds, superbly painted with chinoiserie scenes, the saucer with a figure kneeling by two bowls and another filled with objects, flanked by flowering bushes, within a shaped gilt quatrelobe cartouche filled with Böttger lustre and embellished with iron-red scrollwork, the saucer with two scenes depicting figures taking tea, and another kneeling before an idol, the ear-shaped handles embellished in gilding, formal gilt scroll borders to rims, the saucer: 12.6cm diam.; the beaker: 8.1cm high impressed .. inside footrim of beaker, incised / inside footrim of saucer, together with a similar Meissen saucer, circa 1725, painted with a scene depicting a kneeling figure holding a staff in which three birds are perched, within a shaped gilt qautrelobe cartouche filled with Böttger lustre and enbellished with iron-red foliate scrollwork, formal gilt swag border, the reverse moulded with a fluted border alternating in green and gold, 12.7cm diam., incised / inside footrim (3)
Sold for
£19,200
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Acquired in 1980 (one saucer);
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 6 June 1989, lot 147;
Acquired in the above sale (the beaker and one saucer)
Literature:
Hoffmeister 1999, I, nos. 17 and 18
Exhibited:
Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, 1999-2009
Although both saucers are closely similar in decoration, it was only upon very close inspection that the Hoffmeister brothers identified small differences in the gilding.
Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics
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