Lot Essay
The figures on each side of this teapot have both been taken from the upper part of sheet 99 of Höroldt's Schulz Codex, a detail of which is illustrated here.
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CIRCA 1724-25, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND K.P.M. MARK AND GILDER'S 83. TO TEAPOT, THE COVER GILT WITH 83. ABOVE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
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A MEISSEN (KPM) TEAPOT AND A COVER
CIRCA 1724-25, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND K.P.M. MARK AND GILDER'S 83. TO TEAPOT, THE COVER GILT WITH 83. ABOVE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Of bombé form, the curved spout issuing from a gaping mask, the sides painted with figures of Orientals at various pursuits within shaped quatrefoil cartouches edged with gilt scrolls enclosing Böttger-lustre panels issuing iron-red scrolling leaves, the plain ground painted with insects and trailing stylised flowers, the cover painted with Orientals on terraces below a knop finial (teapot with slight wear to gilding on tip of spout, gilding and mark on cover possibly refreshed)
4 3/8 in (11.1 cm.) high overall (2)
CIRCA 1724-25, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND K.P.M. MARK AND GILDER'S 83. TO TEAPOT, THE COVER GILT WITH 83. ABOVE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Of bombé form, the curved spout issuing from a gaping mask, the sides painted with figures of Orientals at various pursuits within shaped quatrefoil cartouches edged with gilt scrolls enclosing Böttger-lustre panels issuing iron-red scrolling leaves, the plain ground painted with insects and trailing stylised flowers, the cover painted with Orientals on terraces below a knop finial (teapot with slight wear to gilding on tip of spout, gilding and mark on cover possibly refreshed)
4 3/8 in (11.1 cm.) high overall (2)
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Sale room notice
Please note that the decoration on the cover is possibly later.
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Monica Turcich
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