An ormolu mounted Meissen porcelain liquor barrel - image-1
An ormolu mounted Meissen porcelain liquor barrel - image-2
An ormolu mounted Meissen porcelain liquor barrel - image-1An ormolu mounted Meissen porcelain liquor barrel - image-2

Lot 587 Dα

An ormolu mounted Meissen porcelain liquor barrel

Auction 1075 - overview Cologne
18.11.2016, 14:00 - Decorative Arts II
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
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An ormolu mounted Meissen porcelain liquor barrel

Decorated with finely painted landscapes, including one merchant navy scene with a Turkish rider. Silver tap. Blue crossed swords mark, blue subsidiary mark to the back. H with stand 21.3, L 15.6 cm.
Ca. 1735 - 40, the bronze probably France, 19th C.

Literature

A similar barrel with a purple ground in the Wark collection (in: Pietsch, Early Meissen Porcelain, London 2011, no. 597 - 598).