A rare Meissen porcelain spiced beer bowl - image-1

Lot 1254 Dα

A rare Meissen porcelain spiced beer bowl

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 12:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 1.125 € (incl. premium)

A rare Meissen porcelain spiced beer bowl

Tureen with original lid and pine cone finial. With a pierced inset for the spices. Decorated with Chinoiserie bird and flower motifs. Blue crossed swords mark, impressed cross shaped dreher's mark. With a small rim chip and a vertical crack to the sieve. H 19.5, W ca. 26.5 cm.
The porcelain 1730s, the decoration possibly Bayreuth or later.

Provenance

Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen. Acquired from Vanderkamp, New York.

Literature

Illustrated in cat. Blütenlese Meißener Porzellan aus der Sammlung Tono Dreßen, Berlin-Munich 2018, illus. 57, pl. 4.<BR>Cf. Neuwirth, Böttgersteinzeug, Yixing und andere rote Ware, vol. II, Vienna 1982, illus. 21 ff.