A BÖTTGER BLACK-GLAZED RED STONEWARE HEXAGONAL TEA-CADDY AND COVER

The present lot is one of the four from the "Inventarium über das Palais zu Alt-Dresden Anna 1721", included section 10 "Schwartz Porcelain" no 39 vier 6 eckige mit Blumen bedegte, und nachmals vergoldte Thee Büchsen, mit ihren platten Deckeln.5 1/2 Z hoch 4 Z in diam. For a nearly identical example, see M. Kopplin, ed., Schwartz Porcelain, Munich, 2003, p. 165, no. 76. Cf. Ingelore Menzhausen, J.F. Böttger die Erfindung des Europäischen Porzellans, 1982, pl. 63; see also the example sold at Christie's, London from the Nelte Collection on 12 October 1995, lot 102. Also compare the teacaddy of the same form and gilt decoration but on a white ground, H. Syz et al, Catalogue of the Hans Syz Collection, Washington D.C., 1979, pp. 54-55, no. 26.