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A Meissen porcelain sugar box with a still life

Auction 1208 - overview Cologne
18.11.2022, 14:30 - Porcelain Glass
Estimate: 1.500 € - 2.000 €
Result: 5.418 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain sugar box with a still life

Oval box with original lid. Decorated with "indianische blumen" and insects, the lid with a still life of birds and insects around a basket of flowers on a bracket. Blue crossed swords mark. Minor wear to the gilding. H 7, W 12.5, D 10.5 cm.
The porcelain fired c. 1725 - 30, decor attributed to Johann Friedrich Metzsch (1706 - 1766).

Provenance

Hans H. Mischell, Cologne.
Private collection, Westphalia since 1973.

Literature

Illus. in Morley-Fletcher, Porzellan aus Meissen, London 1971, p. 106.
A saucer with similar decor from the collection of Renate and Tono Dreßen sold in Lempertz Cologne auction 1196 on 20th May 2022, lot 1551.