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 PIERCED OVAL 'SEWING' BOX AND COVER CIRCA 1740
Auction Closed
October 24, 05:26 PM GMT
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
A MEISSEN WHITE PIERCED OVAL 'SEWING' BOX AND COVER CIRCA 1740
modeled by Johann Joachim Kändler, the double-walled pierced base, applied with hanging flower swags held by putti, set with female bust handles, the cover surmounted by a crown knop held by two putti, the whole applied with ten escutcheons, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue.
Width: 9⅞ in.
25 cm
Christie's London, February 28, 1994, lot 246
Cassidy-Geiger, 2008, no. 255, p. 536, illus.
This form derives from shapes seen in Augsburg silver and is referred to in Kändler's Taxa or work records for October 1738 as a 'Drüssel Kästgen', made for Queen Maria Josepha, see Ulrich Pietsch, Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1760-1775, Leipzig, 2002, pp. 57-58.
The form re-entered production in the 19th century. A pair of 19th century examples was sold at Sotheby's New York, October 17, 2015, lot 721.