Live Auction 7815White Gold 18th Century Porcelain from Meissen and Du Paquier Property of The Byrnes Children Trust
Christie’s roundel
Lot 136

A MEISSEN HAUSMALEREI TEABOWL AND SAUCER

CIRCA 1725, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, DREHER'S TO FOOTRIMS, THE BAYREUTH DECORATION CIRCA 1740

Closed12 May 2010

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GBP 1,250

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A MEISSEN HAUSMALEREI TEABOWL AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1725, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, DREHER'S TO FOOTRIMS, THE BAYREUTH DECORATION CIRCA 1740
Painted in the workshop of J.F. Metzsch, the teabowl lower part and saucer reverse moulded with alternating blue and gilt flutes, the teabowl frieze and interior with flowers, the saucer with a vase of flowers, a recorder, musical scores and a parrot on a plinth, each with gilt scroll and pendant husk borders (areas of very slight wear, saucer with minute chip to underside of rim)

Michael Moseley Collection
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 25th February 1991, lot 142
With M. & G. Segal, Basel, 1991

Specialist note

The teapot from this service is illustrated by Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss German Porcelain of the 18th Century (London, 1972), Vol. I, pp. 544-545. For pieces of similar type from a different service, see Gustav E. Pazaurek, Deutsche Fayence-und Porzellan-Hausmaler (Leipzig, 1925), Vol. II, p. 263, nos. 227-228.