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Lot 106
A Meissen figural table centrepiece, mid 18th century
5 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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A Meissen figural table centrepiece, mid 18th century
In the form of a basket supported by a Blackamoor and a monkey peering around a central palm tree on a rocky base applied with leaves and flowers and surmounted by a shaped oval basket moulded and painted with flowers and with a gilt-edged pierced scrollwork rim, the branch handles with flower terminals, 38.5cm high (minor chips and restoration)
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According to Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld, the shaft was modelled by Eberlein between March and April 1745, for the Kammerherr (Gentleman of the Bedchamber) von Nimptsch; see Porzellansammlung Gustav von Kemperer, no. 497, p.123, and p.76 for the example in the von Klemperer Collection surmounted by a different basket. Another example of this rare form was in the Northumberland Service at Alnick Castle, which formed part of the service given in 1748 by Augustus III to Sir Charles Hanbury-Williams. It was the centrepiece of a plat de ménage or cruet set, surrounded by the containers of mustard, sugar, oil and vinegar on an oval stand. The dish remains at Alnick and the mustard pot and cover are now in the Schneider Collection at Lustheim, though the remaining pieces including the centrepiece have been lost (see T.H. Clarke, 'Das Northumberland-Service aus Meissener Porzellan', in Keramos, 70/1975, pp.9-92, ill. 11 for the dish and ills. 14a-c for the mustard pot).
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