Live Auction 16719The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller: English & European Furniture, Ceramics and Decorations, Part I
AN ASSEMBLED SET OF FOUR MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL SWEETMEAT DISHES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS
Lot 318

AN ASSEMBLED SET OF FOUR MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL SWEETMEAT DISHES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS

CIRCA 1750-60, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

Closed9 May 2018

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AN ASSEMBLED SET OF FOUR MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURAL SWEETMEAT DISHES EMBLEMATIC OF THE SEASONS
CIRCA 1750-60, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER
Spring modeled with trailing flowers, Summer holding sheaves of wheat, Autumn holding bunches of grapes and Winter wearing ice-skates, each figure supporting a dish modeled as an open rococo shell
6 ½ in. (16.5 cm.) high, Winter

Acquired from J. Rochelle Thomas, London, January 1949.

Specialist note

For a similar example of the model of Autumn, see Hans Syz, J. Jefferson Miller II and R. Rückert, Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection, Washington D.C., 1979, vol. I, p. 455. It is interesting to note that the form was also used at the Frankenthal factory, see E. Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century: The Pauls Collection, London, 1972, vol. II, pp. 144-147.