Property from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold, sold to benefit The Arnhold Foundation
A RARE MEISSEN HAUSMALER SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED COFFEE POT AND COVER, THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1720, THE DECORATION CIRCA 1740
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October 21, 02:54 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Property from the Collection of Henry H. Arnhold, sold to benefit The Arnhold Foundation
A RARE MEISSEN HAUSMALER SILVER-GILT-MOUNTED COFFEE POT AND COVER, THE PORCELAIN CIRCA 1720, THE DECORATION CIRCA 1740
attributed to the workshop of Johann Friedrich Metzsch, Bayreuth, molded in relief with flowering branches picked out in enamels, painted below the spout in purple camaïeu with a boar hunt scene, with similar oval landscapes on either side within a gilt-cartouche, with gilt-trellis work to the rim and spout, the chained mounted domed cover with relief molded flowers, the mounts later
height 7⅝ in.
19.4 cm
Sotheby's London, June 12, 2002, lot 121
Röbbig München, June 2006
Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain, 1710-50, New York 2008, no. 338, p. 661, illus.
The Replica Shoes 's sale in 2002 included six two-handled beakers and saucers from the same service (lots 122-124).