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Lot 101

Two Meissen oil and vinegar ewers and covers, circa 1735

3 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Two Meissen oil and vinegar ewers 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 gilding, the finials decorated in enamels and gilding, 17cm high, one with crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue and unidentified impressed Dreher's mark of triangle on a + (some restoration) (4)

Footnotes

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 model 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 vinegar jug in the Schneider Collection, Schloss Lustheim; another, formerly in the Gustav von Gerhardt Collection, Budapest, was in the R.M. Collection, sold by Lepke's Berlin, 1 December 1925, lot 107).

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