Property from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold, sold to benefit The Arnhold Foundation
AN EARLY MEISSEN HEXAGONAL TEA CANISTER AND COVER, CIRCA 1720-25
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October 21, 02:54 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Property from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold, sold to benefit The Arnhold Foundation
AN EARLY MEISSEN HEXAGONAL TEA CANISTER AND COVER, CIRCA 1720-25
decorated in Dresden or Augsburg, finely gilt with strapwork panels, the shoulder and foot applied with a band of bellflowers and stiff acanthus leaves within gilt ribs, the cover with stiff acanthus leaves reserving stylized leaves, crossed swords mark in blue enamel
height 3⅞ in.
9.8 cm
Christie's Geneva, May 12, 1986, lot 307
Christie's London, October 7, 1996, lot 374
Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain, 1710-50, New York 2008, no. 284, p. 588, illus.