A rare Meissen porcelain butter dish with Chinoiserie cartouche décor - image-1

Lot 1274 Dα

A rare Meissen porcelain butter dish with Chinoiserie cartouche décor

Auction 1174 - overview Cologne
04.06.2021, 12:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.500 €
Result: 2.125 € (incl. premium)

A rare Meissen porcelain butter dish with Chinoiserie cartouche décor

Oval dish with original lid, the finial formed as a Chinoiserie tendril. Decorated with flowers and foliage, the lid with pumpkins and large flowers in cartouche surrounds. Unglazed base with faint blue crossed swords mark. Some localised retouches. H 6.7, W 13.5 cm.
Ca. 1730 - 40.

Provenance

Collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen.

Literature

This model in von Barsewisch, Unterglasurblaue Malerei, in: Keramos 121/1988, illus. 121 and 130.