A gilt-metal mounted Meissen water jug, circa 1745

possibly modelled by J.G. Ehder, of baluster form crisply moulded with Venus seated upon a shell supported by two putti, flanked by dolphins, mermaids and seabeasts, the foot moulded in the form of a shell picked out in pink, with a Frauenkopf handle and hinged scroll cover

The collection of the late Sir Charles Clore, Christie's London, 3 March 1986, lot 66;
Angela von Wallwitz, Munich, acquired in 1990

There is a flat shallow chip to the underside of the foot. There are some flakes to the enamel on the head of the handle.
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Ehder's work report for July 1745 includes: '1 Henkel mit einem Frauenzimmer Köpfgen und Zierathen zu einem Wasser-Kruge von Thon neu bossirt'  [new modelled in clay 1 handle with a woman's head and ornament to a ewer] See Ruckert, Biographische Daten der Meissener Manufakturisten des 18. Jahrhunderts,1990, p.106. A further example with silver-gilt mounts was sold at Christie's Geneva, 11 May 1981, lot 135.