Selected Meissen and Other Ceramics from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold
Selected Meissen and Other Ceramics from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold
A MEISSEN WHITE MODEL OF A COTTAGE CIRCA 1745
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October 24, 05:26 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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A MEISSEN WHITE MODEL OF A COTTAGE CIRCA 1745
the building with a thatched slanted roof and four windows, a figure at the partly opened door, upon a small mound base applied with crisply modeled leaves and trailing vines, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue.
Height: 5⅜ in.
13.8 cm
Michele Beiny, New York, January 2005
Cassidy-Geiger, New York, 2008, no. 61, p. 276, illus.
Miniature models of buildings were meant to be displayed on the Dessert table and were produced in a variety of forms from townhouses to churches. The 1753 inventory of the Count Brühl included 95 such models including 15 Bauernhäuser [farmhouses], 5 Scheunen [barns] and 3 Taubenhauser [pigeon houses], Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Idylle in Porzellan, Kostbare Tischdekoration aus Meissen, Leipzig, 1996, where the author illustrates two enameled examples of this model, p. 34, no. 18.