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Lot 56

Two Meissen vinegar and oil jugs and covers, circa 1735

5 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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Two Meissen vinegar and oil jugs and covers, circa 1735

Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, of fluted and lobed baluster form moulded with grotesque mask spouts, painted with sprays of indianische Blumen, the moulded borders, handles and spouts embellished in gildinhg, the finials in enamels and gilding, 17.5cm high, one with crossed swords in underglaze-blue and (unidentified) impressed Dreher's mark of a triangle over a cross (one with some restoration) (4)

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The first mention in Kaendler's work records of models for vinegar, oil and mustard jugs is in June 1733; Rainer Rückert suggests that the entry probably refers to the present lot with relief-moulded decoration around the body (quoted by J. Weber, Meißener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern, vol. II (2013), cat. no. 142 - a similar oil or vingear jug in the Schneider Collection, Schloss Lustheim; another, formerly in the Gustav von Gerhardt Collection, Bupdapest, was in the R.M. Collection, sold by Lepke's Berlin, 1 December 1925, lot 107).

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