Two early Meissen Böttger porcelain tea caddys with Augsburg decor - image-1
Two early Meissen Böttger porcelain tea caddys with Augsburg decor - image-2
Two early Meissen Böttger porcelain tea caddys with Augsburg decor - image-1Two early Meissen Böttger porcelain tea caddys with Augsburg decor - image-2

Lot 815 Dα

Two early Meissen Böttger porcelain tea caddys with Augsburg decor

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 3.125 € (incl. premium)
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Two early Meissen Böttger porcelain tea caddys with Augsburg decor

1. Baluster form caddy with associated lid and finely etched Chinoiserie decor. Restored.
2. Octagonal caddy with pronounced facets and original lid. Decorated with Chinoiserie scenes alternating with birds above strapwork brackets. Iron red mark B ... S on unglazed base (the octagonal tea caddy). H 10.4 and 11.5 cm.
The porcelain Meissen, before 1723, the decor Augsburg, attributed to Bartholomäus Seuter, 1723 - 35.

Provenance

Private collection, Westphalia.

Literature

Cf. similar decor in: Siegfried Ducret, Meißner Porzellan bemalt in Augsburg, 1718 bis um 1750, Braunschweig 1971, vol. I, nos. 30 and 32.