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A fine Meissen
Ewer, the lobed helmet-shaped body finely painted with a continuous
landscape scene in the manner of C.F. Herold with Kauffahrtei scenes
depicting figures of Oriental and European merchants and their wares by a
quayside with ships and buildings in the distance, applied with a
gilt-edged scroll handle, the lower section moulded as a shell, the lobed,
flared foot painted with sprigs of deutsche Blumen within a gilt border,
the inside rim with a border of elaborate gilt scrollwork.
Circa 1740-45.
Height: 8 ins. (20.2cms.)
Crossed swords in underglaze blue
A snuff box and cover in the Dresden collections painted with similar
scenes is signed ‘C.F. Heroldt fecit’; illustrated by I. Menzhausen, Early
Meissen Porcelain in Dresden, no. 68.