The Ehlen Collection - Eine Rheinische Porzellansammlung
The Ehlen Collection - Eine Rheinische Porzellansammlung
A Meissen Chinoiserie Tankard, With Danish Silver-Mounts, Circa 1728-30, the Mounts 1740 | Ein Meissen Chinoiserie-Krug mit dänischen Silbermontierungen, um 1728-30, die Montierungen 1740
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Lot Closed
March 6, 02:40 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
painted, in the manner of Johann Gregorius Höroldt, with a panel of seven figures on a terrace within a quatrefoil cartouche edged with lustre sections and issuing gilt, iron-red and purple scrollwork, the plain ground with large flowering branches of indianische Blumen on either side of the handle, below a border of gilt scrolls and flowerheads, the foot and rim with mounts, the hinged cover inset with a Royal portrait medallion celebrating the wedding of Christian V of Denmark and Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, with lion and ball thumbpiece, crossed swords mark in blue, silver cover marked for Copenhagen, 1740, maker Joachim Hendrich Dysterdijk (circa 1707-circa 1777), assay master Peter Nicolai v. Haven, month mark for 21 January to 18 February
Height 8 1/4 in.
21 cm.
Horst Reber, Eine Rheinische Porzellan-Sammlung, Darmstadt, 2006, Vol. I, pp. 38-39
Mainz, Mittelrheinisches Landesmuseum, Keramik aus Privatbesitz, 10 May-4 June 1979, bearing label inscribed I/100
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.