Meissen ewer with ladies bust handle, C. 1745
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Meissen ewer, in the French taste, the elegant lobed form with a female bust modelled by Johan Gottlieb Ehder, 1745, painted with large sprays of Diechblumen flowers, the bust picked out in naturalistic colours. Crossed swords mark, Circa 1745
| Condition | firing flaw to handle base, no lid. |
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| Size | 21cm high |
| References | ref. Arnhold Collection #265 for a similar example, with a lid, also Gillmeister collection #75, and Ware: German & Austrian Porcelain fig 33 for a lidless example in the Ware Collection. The lip is intended to have a metal mount for a lid, and it would have been coupled with a basin; decoration & form suggest an intended customer base in France. There is a Mennecy copy dating to the 1760’s. Johan Gottlieb Ehder is recorded modelling this handle in factory records. |
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