Meissen Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur

Rare tobacco pot and lid with six cartridges Porcelain, sea green (celadon) ground, colored overglaze decoration, black contoured gilding. Six-cup model. Finely painted landscapes and merchant scenes in the reserves. Blue swords mark. The base slightly soiled due to firing, restored branch handle. H 17.5, diameter 15 cm. Meissen, around 1745. Provenance Presumably in the Electoral Bavarian Collections of the Wittelsbach family since the 18th century, through marriage in the princely collection of Sayn-Wittgenstein, Rottach-Egern, deceased at the beginning of the 20th century. Baronne Alix de Rothschild, London. German private collection, acquired from Röbbig, Munich. Literature Cf. Kunze-Köllensperger, Collection Franz E. Burda. Meissen. Figurines, boxes and tableware from the 18th century, 1997, cat. No. 156, a pot of the same model.