An assembeld pair of Meissen small goose tureens and covers circa 1740-50

each modelled with a gosling perched upon its back forming the knop of the cover, crossed-swords mark in underglaze blue, incised numeral 40 or 46.

The cover with brown feathers is broken in half and repaired. The gosling finial has its head restored and the body may be reaffixed to the cover. The other cover also has the gosling's head restored. There are restored chips to both inner front edges of this cover. Birds - the one with the brown breast is in good condition. The other is in good condition with just a minor chip to the flange.
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A pair similarly modelled to the present example, from the Collections of Hanns and Elisabeth Weinberg and the Antique Company of New York, was sold in these rooms, November 11, 2006, lot 390.