A Meissen porcelain chinoiserie tankard with German silver mount, the porcelain circa 1725, the decoration 19th century, the mounts by Friedrich Gundlach, Schwerin, circa 1730
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1,000 - 1,500 EUR
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Description
of cylindrical form, decorated with moulded purple flowering branches and painted with a continuous scene of chinoiserie figures at various pursuits below flying birds and insects and a gilt-scroll border, the mounts inset with a medal stamped ‘VERBVM DOMINI MANETINAETERNVM’ and the reverse with inscription ‘G.Z.E. Lutherug hat ans licht gebracht gottes wort aus derfin ternnacht Darfürdanct Gott die Cchrift Hindert Iahr Gott Immerdar fein Kirch bewalyr MARTINUS MUTHERUS THEOLOGIAE D.C.M’, with ball thumpiece, the mounts with town and maker’s mark
Height 7 in; 17,7 cm overall
Anonymous sale, Metz, Heidelberg, 19 May 2018, lot 583;
Acquired at the above sale.
Cranfield University used non-invasive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was detected, a result consistent with later manufacture.
