825 - Meissen Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur

Meissen Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur An early Meissen porcelain jug with a medallion commemorating Prince Carl Philipp von Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1669 - 1690) The hinged cover and footring of silver with gilt interior. Model with a broad strap handle and an everted lip rim. Finely painted Oriental flowers all the way round, above a perforated rock with a bird perched on it. A foliate ornamental border with four panels around the upper rim. The silver lid inset with a coin impression: The obverse depicting a portrait of the Prince facing left, inscribed “CAROL . PHIL . PRINC . BR . ET . LVN” (Carolus Philippus Princeps Brunsvicensis et Luneburgensis), signed “Karlsten” on the right arm; the reverse shows an obelisk struck by lightning and toppling over, surmounted by a crescent moon, with the inscription “GEMINAT LVCEM FLAMMAMQVE CADENDO” (“In falling, it redoubles its light and flame”). Unglazed base with indistinct blue crossed swords mark. Surface craquelure on the inside and outside; a filled crack to the left of the handle. Height with thumb rest 17.5 cm. C. 1725/30, the coin impression after Arvid Karlsteen (1647–1718). Carl Philipp (1669-1690) was the son of the future Elector Ernst August of Hanover (1629-1698) and Sophie of the Palatinate (1630-1714). He fell in battle against the Ottomans near Pristina on 1 January 1690. Literature Cf. various tankards with comparable decoration in von Barsewisch, “Unterglasurblaue Malerei”, in: Keramos 121/1988, figs. 120 ff., p. 70. An early pair of vases with underglaze-blue decoration and a comparable border in den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 2000, cat. no. 15. See also a tankard decorated with chrysanthemums and peonies in Schneider (ed.), “Kobaltblau” Meißener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts aus einer rheinischen Privatsammlung, Aachen 2001, cat. no. 30.