Christie’s roundel
Lot 57

A MEISSEN TWO-HANDLED OVAL BASKET

CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 33

Closed12 May 2010

Price Realised

GBP 1,375

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A MEISSEN TWO-HANDLED OVAL BASKET
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 33
The exterior moulded with Sulkowski ozier pattern, the interior painted with scattered indianische Blumen and tied sheaves, the handles each with a female or bearded mask terminal emblematic of the seasons, brown line rim (chipping to terminals)
10½ in. (27.2 cm.) wide

Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, Zürich, 5th December 1991, lot 171
With M. & G. Segal, Basel, December 1991

Specialist note

For a similar basket, see Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts aus Bad Pyrmonter Privatbesitz, Schloss Bad Pyrmont November 2002 - January 2003 Exhibition Catalogue (2002), p. 82.