Christie’s roundel
Lot 38

A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE RECTANGULAR TEA-CADDY

CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

Closed12 May 2010

Price Realised

GBP 1,500

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A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE RECTANGULAR TEA-CADDY
CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Painted in the manner of J.E. Stadler, with chinoiserie figures with fans and parasols among flowering shrubs in fenced gardens, the top with a red diaper border with four panels of purple and gilt flowers
4 in. (10 cm.) high

Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 26th March 1984, lot 264
With M. & G. Segal, Basel, 1985

Specialist note

A similar tea-caddy (without the border around the shoulder) from the Gertrude and Robert Anderson Collection was sold in these Rooms on 1st June 1992, lot 23.