Live Auction 2374500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe Including Oriental Carpets and Including Sculpture from the Collection of Michael Hall
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND GILT COFFEE-POT AND COVER
Lot 366 PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. ROBERT T. ANDERSON (LOT 366)

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND GILT COFFEE-POT AND COVER

CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PAINTER'S MARK M11 TO THE FOOTRIM

Closed11 June 2010

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND GILT COFFEE-POT AND COVER
Circa 1735, blue crossed swords mark, painter's mark M11 to the
footrim
Of pear shape, molded with vertical ribs and painted in underglaze-blue and gilded at Augsburg with the Strohblumenmuster pattern, with a scroll handle and high domed cover
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high (2)

Specialist note

This unusual technique of adding solid, tooled gilding directly on top of the underglaze blue decoration is thought to have been done at the Seuter workshop in Augsburg and appears on a number of different patterns.