English and European Ceramics and Glass - 13th September 2016
Lot 391
A rare Meissen beaker c.1725
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £750
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Description
A rare Meissen beaker c.1725, finely painted to two sides with a quatrefoil panel in eisenrot, perhaps by C F Herold, one with a Kaufarhtei scene of merchants in a harbour, the other of figures beneath a large statue of a putto and dolphin, within Böttger lustre panel borders, the interior rim with an elaborate gilt Laub-und-Bandelwerk design, gilder's Z4 mark, a little gilt wear, 7.5cm.
Cf. A similar beaker and saucer was sold at Christie's on 12th October 1995, lot 78, as part of the Jörg Nelte Collection, formerly in the Helen Dietrich Collection.