The Ehlen Collection - Eine Rheinische Porzellansammlung
The Ehlen Collection - Eine Rheinische Porzellansammlung
A Meissen Rectangular Tobacco Jar and Cover, Circa 1755 | Eine rechteckige Meissen Tabakdose mit Deckel, um 1755
No reserve
Lot Closed
March 6, 02:42 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 EUR
Lot Details
Description
painted with trailing flowers pendent from small polychrome foliate scroll-form supports, the gilt-edged cover with a flower-form finial, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue
Height 5 7/8 in.
15 cm.
Margarete Oppenheim (née Eisner, formerly Reichenheim) (1857-1935);
Involuntary estate sale of the above, Julius Böhler, Munich, May 18-22, 1936, lot 827;
Probably sold to Dr. Herbert Kühne, Munich for DM 65;
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. 108
Cranfield University used non-invasive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected, a result consistent with 18th century manufacture.