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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED RETICULATED ARMORIAL MANTEL CLOCKCASE
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED RETICULATED ARMORIAL MANTEL CLOCKCASE

LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED MODEL NO. 452, IMPRESSED 76, AFTER THE MODEL BY J.F. EBERLEIN AND J.J. KÄNDLER, THE MOVEMENT STAMPED F. MARTI, 7274 AND 52

Closed20 October 2011

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED RETICULATED ARMORIAL MANTEL CLOCKCASE
LATE 19TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, INCISED MODEL NO. 452, IMPRESSED 76, AFTER THE MODEL BY J.F. EBERLEIN AND J.J. KÄNDLER, THE MOVEMENT STAMPED F. MARTI, 7274 AND 52
The rocaille-molded case applied with flowers and surmounted by pierced dome with a seated classical maiden inscribing a book, an imperial crowned eagle below, flanked by putti jostling for an orb and Flora scattering flowers, the lower body with Mars and Peace next to the Royal arms of Saxony
24½ in. (62.2 cm.) high

Specialist note

See P. Schnyder von Wartensee, 'Meissen Wappenservice des 18. Jahrhunderts', Mitteilungsblätter der Keramik-Freunde der Schweiz, 1960, no. 50, pp. 43-50 for a discussion of the arms and the early services bearing the arms of Saxony and Poland.