263 - Rare Böttger porcelain jug with applied jasmine branches. Pear-shaped body with volute handles and a tapered spout. Dome-shaped lid with a teardrop-shaped knob. On both sides of the body and on the lid, finely modeled jasmine branches and birds perched upon them, applied in relief. Collection label from the David & Sarah Battie Collection. Partially restored; Minimal restoration; size mark “/”. Sword mark. Height 20.5 cm.

Rare Böttger porcelain jug with applied jasmine branches. Pear-shaped body with volute handles and a tapered spout. Dome-shaped lid with a teardrop-shaped knob. On both sides of the body and on the lid, finely modeled jasmine branches and birds perched upon them, applied in relief. Collection label from the David & Sarah Battie Collection. Partially restored; Minimal restoration; size mark “/”. Sword mark. Height 20.5 cm. The remarkable raised decoration featuring sculpted foliage, grapevine tendrils, and flowering branches from the early days of Meissen production is known as “Irmingersche Belege,” named after the goldsmith Johann Jacob Irminger (1635–1724). From 1710 to 1719, he developed the artistic design of Böttger stoneware as well as Böttger porcelain. The raised decoration of flowering branches is based on Japanese models. See Rückert, Cat. Bavarian National Museum, no. 38; Pietsch, *Triumph of the Blue Swords*, no. 19ff.; Zimmermann, p. 208. A rare Böttger porcelain jug with applied branches of jasmine. Minor chipping. Partially restored. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Circa 1725–1730.