An Early Meissen Small Teapot And Cover, Circa 1715-20 | Eine frühe Meissen Teekanne mit Deckel, um 1715-20
No reserve
Lot Closed
March 6, 02:34 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
modelled by Johann Jakob Irminger, decorated in Dresden, in the workshop of Georg Funcke, the squat globular body moulded on each side in high relief with flower sprays below a border of tasseled lappets, the domed cover with three flower stems, the curved spout issuing from the top of a gaping mask, enamelled in blue, green, puce, black and yellow
Height 4 1/2 in.
11.5 cm.
Margarete Oppenheim (née Eisner, formerly Reichenheim) (1857-1935);
Involuntary estate sale of the above, Julius Böhler, Munich, May 18-22, 1936, lot 771 (illustrated plate 50);
Probably sold to Dr. Herbert Kühne, Munich for DM 170;
Ehlen Collection, Germany
This lot is sold pursuant to a settlement agreement between the consignor and the heirs of Margarete Oppenheim.
Horst Reber, Eine Rheinische Porzellan-Sammlung, Darmstadt, 2006, Vol. I, p. 28