Meissen shell-shaped box from the ‘Swan Service’
Meissen shell-shaped box from the ‘Swan Service’
Designed by Johann Joachim Kändler and Johann Friedrich Eberlein c. 1740 on commission from Count Heinrich von Brühl, underglaze blue sword mark post-1948, 1st choice, gold edition mark 2003/2004 and red decoration number, in the shape of a sculpted scallop shell with a removable lid and scallop-shaped knob, sumptuously decorated with a scallop shell relief on all sides and fine polychrome overglaze painting depicting ‘Indian flower branches and scattered blossoms’, gold-toothed rim and gold border, good condition, L 12 cm.
Meissen shell-shaped box from the ‘Swan Service’
Designed by Johann Joachim Kändler and Johann Friedrich Eberlein c. 1740 on commission from Count Heinrich von Brühl, underglaze blue sword mark post-1948, 1st choice, gold edition mark 2003/2004 and red decoration number, in the shape of a sculpted scallop shell with a removable lid and scallop-shaped knob, sumptuously decorated with a scallop shell relief on all sides and fine polychrome overglaze painting depicting ‘Indian flower branches and scattered blossoms’, gold-toothed rim and gold border, good condition, L 12 cm.
