A Meissen porcelain flower-encrusted two-handled écuelle, cover and a stand, circa 1750
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Lot closes
June 25, 09:09 AM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 EUR
Current Bid
700 EUR
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Description
of oval quatrefoil form, painted with scattered moths, butterflies and other insects, applied with naturistically coloured flowers, the cover with a flowering branch forming the handle, the tureen with two gilt-embellished double-scroll handles, gilt rims, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, the stand with impressed numeral 54
Width of tureen 9 ¾ in; 24,8 cm across handles
Width of stand 11 ¼ in; 28,5 cm
Anonymous sale, Palais Galliera, Paris, 5 December 1967, lot 203;
Daguerre, Drouot, Paris, 29 March 2019, lot 110;
Acquired at the above sale.
A circular écuelle and stand of this type was in the collection of Dr. Willy Abrahamson, Berlin, sold at the auction of his estate, Auktionshaus des Westens, Berlin, 18-19 March 1931, lot 36. The piece later entered an important private collection and was sold at Bonhams, London, 20 July 2020, lot 90. An écuelle of the same form as the present lot, applied with flowers, is in the Schneider Collection at Schloss Lustheim.
