A MEISSEN PORCELAIN BALUSTER COFFEE-POT AND COVER

A part-tea and coffee-service of circa 1722-25 with related scenes is illustrated by Ulrich Pietsch (Ed.), et al., Triumph of the Blue Swords, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Exhibition Catalogue, 2010, p. 213, cat. no. 101, where the author notes that the source for the scenes are the engravings of Stefano della Bella from the ‘Marines’ series. The service Dr. Pietsch illustrates is similarly painted with charmingly naïve figures in coastal landscapes with galleons, and he attributes the painting to Johann George Heintze, who joined J.G. Höroldt’s workforce as an apprentice in 1720, aged fifteen.