A Meissen armorial two-handled shaped-oval bowl and cover, 19th century
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A Meissen armorial two-handled shaped-oval bowl and cover
19th century
inspired by an 18th century model, the finial formed as a crown on a cushion, flanked by the arms of Saxony, Poland and Lithuania, the stepped and fluted cover applied with white flowers and cartouches painted with couples in landscape, the bwl with leaf and scroll-moulded handles and feet, garlanded with further which flowers on a ground reserved with panels painted in puce with estuary scenes, the interior richly gilt, blue crossed swords mark
19.6 cm, 7¾ in wide
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This vessel is a variant on a more elaborate model known as a sewing box made for Queen Maria Josepha which is discussed in Pietsch, U., Die Arbeitsberichte des Meissener Porzellanmodelleurs Johann Joachim Kaendler, 1706-1775, Leipzig, 2002, pp. 57-8. The form is inspired by a silver model and this version has simpler handles and is not supported on feet. The extensive pierced work on the 18th century version is simulated in the current example.