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A Rare Meissen Two-handled Ecuelle, A Cover and Two Saucer Stands, Circa 1723 | Eine seltene Meissen
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painted, probably by Johann Gregorius Höroldt, with equestrian hunting scenes within shaped oval cartouches, gilt with scrolls enclosing panels of Böttger lustre, issuing shaded iron-red scrollwork, the cover painted with indianische Blumen, the two similar saucer stands of slightly differing size painted with a bear hunt, and two figures hunting water fowl, the ecuelle with angular handles and finial
Diameter of stands 5 3/4 in.
14.7 cm.
Exhibited
Horst Reber, Eine Rheinische Porzellan-Sammlung, Darmstadt, 2006, vol. I, pp. 46-47
Catalogue note
This écuelle and two stands belong to a small surviving group of early Meissen porcelains painted with courtly hunting scenes probably Johann Gregorius Höroldt. A tea service painted with such scenes, which likely depicted figures of the Dresden court, was gifted by Augustus the Strong to his daughter-in-law Maria Josepha, who had been married to Elector Prince Friedrich August II since 1719. The service was already recorded in the 1721 Inventarium über das Palais zu Alt-Dresden, which lists the contents of the Holländische Palais, later to become the Japanese Palace. The surviving teapot is painted with figures which likely depict the Augustus, Maria Josepha and Friedrich August, is now in the Porzellansammlung, Dresden, along with the waste bowl from the service, inv. nos. PE 7733a,b/645, illustrated in Ulrich Pietsch and Claudia Banz, Triumph of the blue swords: Meissen porcelain for aristocracy and bourgeoisie 1720-1815, exh. cat., Dresden, 2010, cat. no. 41.
A beaker, similarly painted, is also in the Porzellansammlung, inv. no. PE 644. A teapot from another service in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, and six teabowls and saucers in the Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, with iron-red and Böttger lustre cartouches, painted with hunting scenes in a very similar hand and attributed to Höroldt, are illustrated by Ulrich Pietsch et al., Porzellan Parforce, Munich, 2005, pp.86-87, cat. no. 45. A tea and coffee service, sold at Sotheby's London, 10 July 1973, lot 50, and again by Sotheby's New York, Property from the Collections of Hanns and Elisabeth Weinberg and the Antique Company of New York, 10-11 November 2006, lot 522.
Cranfield University used non-invasive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected, a result consistent with 18th century manufacture.
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Diameter of stands 5 3/4 in.
14.7 cm.
Exhibited
Horst Reber, Eine Rheinische Porzellan-Sammlung, Darmstadt, 2006, vol. I, pp. 46-47
Catalogue note
This écuelle and two stands belong to a small surviving group of early Meissen porcelains painted with courtly hunting scenes probably Johann Gregorius Höroldt. A tea service painted with such scenes, which likely depicted figures of the Dresden court, was gifted by Augustus the Strong to his daughter-in-law Maria Josepha, who had been married to Elector Prince Friedrich August II since 1719. The service was already recorded in the 1721 Inventarium über das Palais zu Alt-Dresden, which lists the contents of the Holländische Palais, later to become the Japanese Palace. The surviving teapot is painted with figures which likely depict the Augustus, Maria Josepha and Friedrich August, is now in the Porzellansammlung, Dresden, along with the waste bowl from the service, inv. nos. PE 7733a,b/645, illustrated in Ulrich Pietsch and Claudia Banz, Triumph of the blue swords: Meissen porcelain for aristocracy and bourgeoisie 1720-1815, exh. cat., Dresden, 2010, cat. no. 41.
A beaker, similarly painted, is also in the Porzellansammlung, inv. no. PE 644. A teapot from another service in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, and six teabowls and saucers in the Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, with iron-red and Böttger lustre cartouches, painted with hunting scenes in a very similar hand and attributed to Höroldt, are illustrated by Ulrich Pietsch et al., Porzellan Parforce, Munich, 2005, pp.86-87, cat. no. 45. A tea and coffee service, sold at Sotheby's London, 10 July 1973, lot 50, and again by Sotheby's New York, Property from the Collections of Hanns and Elisabeth Weinberg and the Antique Company of New York, 10-11 November 2006, lot 522.
Cranfield University used non-invasive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected, a result consistent with 18th century manufacture.
Additional Notices & Disclaimers
Please note that Condition 12 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
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painted, probably by Johann Gregorius Höroldt, with equestrian hunting scenes within shaped oval cartouches, gilt with scrolls enclosing panels of Böttger lustre, issuing shaded iron-red scrollwork, the cover painted with indianische Blumen, the two similar saucer stands of slightly differing size painted with a bear hunt, and two figures hunting water fowl, the ecuelle with angular handles and finial
Diameter of stands 5 3/4 in.
14.7 cm.
Exhibited
Horst Reber, Eine Rheinische Porzellan-Sammlung, Darmstadt, 2006, vol. I, pp. 46-47
Catalogue note
This écuelle and two stands belong to a small surviving group of early Meissen porcelains painted with courtly hunting scenes probably Johann Gregorius Höroldt. A tea service painted with such scenes, which likely depicted figures of the Dresden court, was gifted by Augustus the Strong to his daughter-in-law Maria Josepha, who had been married to Elector Prince Friedrich August II since 1719. The service was already recorded in the 1721 Inventarium über das Palais zu Alt-Dresden, which lists the contents of the Holländische Palais, later to become the Japanese Palace. The surviving teapot is painted with figures which likely depict the Augustus, Maria Josepha and Friedrich August, is now in the Porzellansammlung, Dresden, along with the waste bowl from the service, inv. nos. PE 7733a,b/645, illustrated in Ulrich Pietsch and Claudia Banz, Triumph of the blue swords: Meissen porcelain for aristocracy and bourgeoisie 1720-1815, exh. cat., Dresden, 2010, cat. no. 41.
A beaker, similarly painted, is also in the Porzellansammlung, inv. no. PE 644. A teapot from another service in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, and six teabowls and saucers in the Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, with iron-red and Böttger lustre cartouches, painted with hunting scenes in a very similar hand and attributed to Höroldt, are illustrated by Ulrich Pietsch et al., Porzellan Parforce, Munich, 2005, pp.86-87, cat. no. 45. A tea and coffee service, sold at Sotheby's London, 10 July 1973, lot 50, and again by Sotheby's New York, Property from the Collections of Hanns and Elisabeth Weinberg and the Antique Company of New York, 10-11 November 2006, lot 522.
Cranfield University used non-invasive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected, a result consistent with 18th century manufacture.
Additional Notices & Disclaimers
Please note that Condition 12 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
Diameter of stands 5 3/4 in.
14.7 cm.
Exhibited
Horst Reber, Eine Rheinische Porzellan-Sammlung, Darmstadt, 2006, vol. I, pp. 46-47
Catalogue note
This écuelle and two stands belong to a small surviving group of early Meissen porcelains painted with courtly hunting scenes probably Johann Gregorius Höroldt. A tea service painted with such scenes, which likely depicted figures of the Dresden court, was gifted by Augustus the Strong to his daughter-in-law Maria Josepha, who had been married to Elector Prince Friedrich August II since 1719. The service was already recorded in the 1721 Inventarium über das Palais zu Alt-Dresden, which lists the contents of the Holländische Palais, later to become the Japanese Palace. The surviving teapot is painted with figures which likely depict the Augustus, Maria Josepha and Friedrich August, is now in the Porzellansammlung, Dresden, along with the waste bowl from the service, inv. nos. PE 7733a,b/645, illustrated in Ulrich Pietsch and Claudia Banz, Triumph of the blue swords: Meissen porcelain for aristocracy and bourgeoisie 1720-1815, exh. cat., Dresden, 2010, cat. no. 41.
A beaker, similarly painted, is also in the Porzellansammlung, inv. no. PE 644. A teapot from another service in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, and six teabowls and saucers in the Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw, with iron-red and Böttger lustre cartouches, painted with hunting scenes in a very similar hand and attributed to Höroldt, are illustrated by Ulrich Pietsch et al., Porzellan Parforce, Munich, 2005, pp.86-87, cat. no. 45. A tea and coffee service, sold at Sotheby's London, 10 July 1973, lot 50, and again by Sotheby's New York, Property from the Collections of Hanns and Elisabeth Weinberg and the Antique Company of New York, 10-11 November 2006, lot 522.
Cranfield University used non-invasive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected, a result consistent with 18th century manufacture.
Additional Notices & Disclaimers
Please note that Condition 12 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot.
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