Selected Meissen and Other Ceramics from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold
Selected Meissen and Other Ceramics from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold
Auction Closed
October 24, 05:26 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A MEISSEN SMALL TABLE DECORATION IN THE FORM OF A CROWN CIRCA 1750
modeled with a pierced upper edge with three arched straps enameled with a variety of 'jewels', K[önigliche]•H[of]•K[onditorei]• pantry mark in purple enamel.
Width: 3⅝ in.; Height: 2¾ in.
9.1; 6.8 cm
E. & H. Manners, London
Cassidy-Geiger, 2008, no. 62, p. 277, illus.
Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain 1710-50, New York, 2008 writes that among the thousands of objects listed in the 1752 inventory of the Royal Court Pantry, four models of crowns were included, stating that of the four recorded in 1752 the present lot is the only survivor.