Sophie von der Goltz
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Lot 248
A Meissen KPM teapot and cover, circa 1724-25
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6 December 2018, 16:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£12,000 - £18,000
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A Meissen KPM teapot and cover, circa 1724-25
Finely painted probably by Johann Georg Heintze with a hunting scene on each side within a lobed gilt scrollwork cartouche embellished with purple scrollwork, further painted with scattered insects below a broad gilt scrollwork border to the rim, the curved, eagle-head spout with moulded acanthus leaves at the base and painted with a sprig of indianische Blumen, the eyes picked out in underglaze-blue and the head embellished in gilding, the scroll handle embellished in gilding and an iron-red and purple flower-head against purple scrollwork, the domed cover with a continuous landscape scene depicting huntsmen and a pack of hounds above iron-red line borders, gilt rim and finial, 11.8cm high, K.P.M. and crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gilt numeral 52. to both (tiny flat chip below tip rim of spout) (2)
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Provenance:
With Heinz Reichert, Munich
The coffee pot and tea canister from the same service are in the Carabelli Collection (U. Pietsch, Frühes Meissener Porzellan Sammlung Carabelli (2000), pp. 96-99; U. Pietsch (ed.), Porzellan Parforce (2005), no. 46), and a teabowl and saucer from the service is also illustrated in Porzellan Parforce (2005), no. 47.
Saleroom notices
Please note there is a restored chip to the rim of the cover.
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