Property from the Collection of Josephine & Walter Buhl Ford II

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Lot 55
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A pair of Meissen porcelain tureens and covers in the form of a Paduan Cock and Hen with chicks circa 1771-75

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • height of cock tureen 10 5/8 in.
  • 27 cm
modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler, each with naturalistically-colored feathers in shades of brown and grey, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue. Repairs to hen tureen base and tail feathers of cock.

Provenance

J. Rochelle Thomas, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above, 1962

Catalogue Note

Kändler's work records for 1771 list: "Eine grosse Terrine in Gestalt eines Hahnes ganz neu modelliret. Gedachter Hahn ist sitzend vorgestellet und allenthalben seine Positur sehr naturlich, und mitten durch den Corpus geht die Oeffnung und Abtheilung des Deckels. Und ist als der Compagnon zu der schon vorhanden gewesenen Terinen-Henne verlanget worden." [A large tureen in the form of a male chicken completely newly modeled. The proposed chicken is depicted seated and in all respects natural in its posture, through the middle of the body is the opening for the separation of the cover. And it was requested as the companion to the already existing hen tureen.]

A similar cock tureen is illustrated and discussed by Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810, p. 200 and pl. 281, no. 1144. A similar pair is illustrated by Dr. K. Berling, Meissen China, p. 60, fig. 139.