A Meissen porcelain tea caddy with merchant navy motifs
A Meissen porcelain tea caddy with merchant navy motifs
Painted with finely detailed scenes depicting figures and ships in landscapes, two of which in gold tendril surrounds decorated with tiny figures and miniature landscapes over rich purple lustre ground. Unglazed mark with overglaze purple swords mark, former's mark of Andreas Schiefer, T. in gold, owner's inscription "25525 ENZ.-" in ink. H 10.8 cm.
Around 1730, decor attributed to Christian Friedrich Herold.
Provenance
North German collection, offered in Lempertz Cologne auction 735 on 21st November 1996, lot 71.
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A Meissen porcelain tea caddy with merchant navy motifs
Painted with finely detailed scenes depicting figures and ships in landscapes, two of which in gold tendril surrounds decorated with tiny figures and miniature landscapes over rich purple lustre ground. Unglazed mark with overglaze purple swords mark, former's mark of Andreas Schiefer, T. in gold, owner's inscription "25525 ENZ.-" in ink. H 10.8 cm.
Around 1730, decor attributed to Christian Friedrich Herold.
Provenance
North German collection, offered in Lempertz Cologne auction 735 on 21st November 1996, lot 71.
