Property from an Important Midwestern Collection
A Meissen Zoomorphic Tureen and Cover in the Form of a Dolphin, Mid-18th Century
Lot Closed
April 19, 06:08 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Midwestern Collection
A Meissen Zoomorphic Tureen and Cover in the Form of a Dolphin, Mid-18th Century
modelled with a scaly body and curling tail forming the handle, with water issuing from its mouth and nostrils, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue
length 10 ¼ in.
26 cm
The Antique Porcelain Company, Inc., New York
The Collection of the Honorable Nelson A. Rockefeller, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, April 11, 1980, lot 166
Property from the Estate of Wendell Cherry, Sotheby's New York, October 25, 1991, lot 306
The Property of Canadian Collectors, Christie's New York, November 21, 2008, lot 219
The Collection of the Honorable Nelson A. Rockefeller, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, April 11, 1980, lot 166
Property from the Estate of Wendell Cherry, Sotheby's New York, October 25, 1991, lot 306
The Property of Canadian Collectors, Christie's New York, November 21, 2008, lot 219
Modelled figures of dolphins were included in the 'Swan service' produced for Count Heinrich von Brühl. A tureen cover features a similarly modelled dolphin issuing water from its nostrils whilst supporting a figure of Galatea, illustrated in Dr. Ulrich Pietsch (ed.), Schwanenservice, Meissener Porzellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, exh. cat., Kunstsammlungen Dresden, 2000, p. 62. Dolphins also feature as feet of tureens and as finials supporting putti (Pietsch, ibid, p. 103).
A gilt-bronze mounted figure of a Dolphin supporting two putti, perhaps once part of the Swan service, was in the Collection of René Fribourg, Sotheby's London, June 25, 1963, lot 19. At least three further tureens of this form are recorded, one was sold at Sotheby's London, June 4, 1974, lot 187 and again October 21, 1975, lot 184; a second in the same rooms, June 17, 1986, lot 246; and a third was sold at Christie's London, July 7, 1985, lot 106.
A gilt-bronze mounted figure of a Dolphin supporting two putti, perhaps once part of the Swan service, was in the Collection of René Fribourg, Sotheby's London, June 25, 1963, lot 19. At least three further tureens of this form are recorded, one was sold at Sotheby's London, June 4, 1974, lot 187 and again October 21, 1975, lot 184; a second in the same rooms, June 17, 1986, lot 246; and a third was sold at Christie's London, July 7, 1985, lot 106.