A Meissen knob decorated with Callot Dwarves  19th century
Two Meissen knobs, 19th century
Of ovoid form pierced with a hole at the base, painted with a continuous landscape with three dwarves, after engravings by Jacques Callot, 2.4cm high (2)
Estimate:
£500 - 700
€580 - 820
US$ 760 - 1,100

Footnotes

  • Provenance:
    Baron Max von Goldschmidt-Rothschild, Frankfurt a/M; sold by Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 14 April 1950, lot 257;
    Frederick J. and Antoinette H. Van Slyke Collection, Baltimore; sold by Sotheby's New York, 26 September 1989, lot 136

    Literature:
    Ulrich Pietsch, Passion for Meissen (2010), no. 146

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics


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