CIRCA 1741-1745, SMALL BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, MODELED BY J.J. KÄNDLER

Johann Joachim Kändler created a model of this type for Augustus III, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland in 1741. Rainer Rückert illustrates a lion in the Schneider Collection, Munich, very similar to the present lot, which he dates as circa 1751 due to the model number 1515⁽¹⁾, however, current scholarship supports a dating of 1741. Kändler’s Taxa for 1740-1744 records: 1 Löwe, mittelmässiger Grösse, liegend mit offenen Rachen, vor Ihre Konigl. Maj._4. Thlr.- [1 lion, medium size, recumbent with open jaws, for his Royal Majesty, 4 Thalers]⁽²⁾.

1. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Bayerischen Nationalmuseum, Exhibition Catalogue, Munich, 1966, pl. 262, and p. 191, nos. 1058 and 1059.
2. Cited by Johannes Rafael, ‘Zur “Taxa Kaendler”’ in Keramos 203⁄204, 2009, p. 49, no. 36.