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847 - Meissen Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur
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Meissen Königliche Porzellanmanufaktur Christian Friedrich Herold, zugeschrieben A Meissen porcelain sugar box with iron red merchant scenes and cover Oval model, original domed lid surmounted by a rabbit finial. Finely painted, continuous merchant navy scene above a gilt footrim. The lid decorated with two identical, opposing scenes, framed by a gilt lace border against a purple lustre ground. Blue crossed swords mark; star dreher's mark, presumably that of Paul Wildenstein, gold 5. A few small, flat chips to the rim; gilding partially retouched. With lid: Height 8.5 cm, width 12 cm. Around 1728-30; decor attributed to Christian Friedrich Herold. Provenance Private collection Westphalia. Literature Cf. Cat. Blütenlese. Meißener Porzellan aus der Sammlung Tono Dreßen, Munich 2018, p. 35, no. 14 (sold at Lempertz auction, Cologne, 12 November 2020, lot 609). Cf. Pietsch, Early Meissen Porcelain. The Wark Collection from the Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens, London 2011, cat. nos. 376–377, with similar decoration, also in iron-red, attributed to Christian Friedrich Herold and George Heintze. See also Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich 1966, cat. no. 204.
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