Meissen.

Meissen. 18th c. Porcelain, painted in colours and gold. Bronze, gilt. On the sides, in between three gold-decorated flutes each, thrice scenes of a galant couple in parklands. On the foot of the jug and between the gold flutes colourful flower paintings. On the interior of the jug in the area of the spout and of the base of the handles gold ornaments. The original porcelain handle substituted by bronze work. 24,5x23,5cm. Swords mark, painted blue under the glaze. Provenance: - Private collection Cologne. Literature: - Eikelmann, Renate/Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Stiftung Ernst Schneider in Schloß Lustheim, Meißener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts, Munich 2004. One bowl with comparable decorative figures ill. 108, p. 283. - Bastian, Jaques, Strasbourg Faiences et porcelaines, 1721- 1784, Strasbourg 2002, one platter with similar decorative cartouches and flowers painted in graduated flowers, ill. 79, p. 108. - Brattig, Patricia, Meissen Barockes Porzellan, COlogne 2010. One handle platter with similar decorative flowers, ill. 249, p. 419. Explanations to the Catalogue Meissen Germany Porcelain 18th century Jug Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Germany: 30,25 Euro plus 5,75 Euro VAT EU: 46,22 Euro plus 8,78 Euro VAT Worldwide: 92,44 Euro plus 17,56 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance