A MEISSEN 'WARMEGLOCKE' FROM THE SWAN SERVICE 1737-41

modelled by Johann Friedrich Eberlein, the domed cover molded in low relief with a crane in flight above two swans and a crane amidst waves and rushes against a ground of spirally radiating shell-work, on either side with the arms of Count von Brühl and his wife, Anna von Kolowrat-Krakowska, within a gilt cartouche, applied with shells and leafy flower sprigs, set with a gilt bronze handle.

Christie's New York, April 23, 1998, lot 104, illustrated

Some wear to gilding, especially on the molded cartouche. Some restoration to the applied leaves and flowers and some minor restored chips to the shells.
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See the note to lot 913. Similar domes in three sizes are illustrated by Ulrich Pietsch, Schwanenservice: Meissener Porzellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, 2000, pp. 161-62, cat. nos. 31-33, where the author notes that this model was finished in December 1740 by Johann Friedrich Eberlein. He also comments on p. 161 that each size charger with the exception of size number 2, measuring 30 cm, had a corresponding domed cover designed to keep the food warm. He also cites similar examples in the Dresden Porcelain Collection, Stockholm National Museum, as well as various other collections. A similar cover is also illustrated by Carl Albiker, Die Meissner Porzellantiere, (1935), pl. LXXI, fig. 291.