A MEISSEN SUGAR BOX AND COVER FROM THE SWAN SERVICE, CIRCA 1737-41 |

modelled by Johann Joachim Kändler or Johann Friedrich Eberlein, in low relief, the base with two swimming swans among bulrushes, the reverse with a crane in flight and another eating a fish, upon a spiral shell molded ground, the cover with a similar shell molding surmounted with a putto riding a dolphin, the rim edge painted with the Brühl and Kolowrat-Krakowska arms and scattered flower sprigs, with gilt borders to the rims, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue

The Antique Company of New York, Inc., January 1969

The rim of the cover with a small restored chip, perhaps a slither chip to the rim edge, with a small associated area of spray which has discolored slightly. There is an area of re-gilding to the rim edge measuring approximately 1.1cm wide. There is a small flat shallow chip to rim edge 0.4cm wide to rim edge at reverse. The left tip of the dolphin's tail fin has been chipped and restored. The base section is in good condition. There is some typical very minor gilding rubbing to the rims where the two pieces touch.
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Sotheby’s Scientific Research department used noninvasive XRF for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected.