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A large Meissen cloche (Wärmeglocke) from the 'Ziethen' service, circa 1760-63
5 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,875 inc. premium
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Sophie von der Goltz
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A large Meissen cloche (Wärmeglocke) from the 'Ziethen' service, circa 1760-63
Of 'preußisch-musikalischen' design, moulded with alternating panels of musical, floral and military trophies within gilt-edged rocailles cartouches underneath three large flower sprays and a butterfly, reserved with a green scale-ground and gilt dentil border to the rim, a lemon as the finial, 32.5cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (tiny chip to inside rim and associated fine haircrack)
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This service is said to have been given by Frederick to one of his most renowned and favourite Prussian generals Hans Joachim von Ziethen (1699-1786). Until recently, only a handful of pieces were recorded in the literature, including eighteen formerly in the collection of Erich von Goldschmidt-Rothschild (sold by Ball & Graupe, Berlin, 25 March 1931, lot 625). In 2006, over 150 pieces from the service were sold with the contents of Shrubland Park, Suffolk, where they had been since at least 1860 (Sotheby's, Shrubland Park, Suffolk, 19-21 September 2006, lot 821), and were acquired for the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg (Wittwer 2006). A plate from the same service from the Hoffmeister Collection was sold in these Rooms, 25 November 2009, lot 99, and another on 26 November 2014, lot 180. A slightly smaller cloche was sold in these rooms from the Brigitte Britzke Collection, 14 December 2016, lot 127.
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