A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN EWER WITH SILVER-GILT MOUNTS, THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1640; THE MOUNTS MAKER'S MARK HV PROBABLY FOR HEINRICH UDESHEIM, BONN, CIRCA 1735

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN EWER WITH SILVER-GILT MOUNTS

THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1640; THE MOUNTS MAKER'S MARK HV PROBABLY FOR HEINRICH UDESHEIM, BONN, CIRCA 1735

the baluster body painted in underglaze blue with sprays of flowers, the domed cover chased with a foliate border, bud finial and shell thumbpiece, the handle mounts shaped as leaves, the foot rim with serrated and engraved leaf-tip border

marked on base rim

height 10 1/2 in.

26.5 cm