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Oval platter with two handles from the Swan Service for Heinrich von Brühl
Lost Art-ID
606640
Artist / Creator
Kaendler, Johann Joachim
Birth
1706.06.15, Fischbach (Arnsdorf)
Death
1775.05.18, Meißen
Place of activity
Dresden, Meißen
Manufaktur
Porzellanmanufaktur Meißen
Formation
gegr. 1710
Title
Oval platter with two handles from the Swan Service for Heinrich von Brühl
Dating
1740 (um)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Ceramics (Porcelain) ; Overglaze enamel polychrome / Enamel painting ; gilded
Width
27.40 cm
Length
38.80 cm
Description
Modelled by J.F. Eberlein. Swans swimming amid rushes, a heron on the left and another in flight overhead. Gilded lip with the coats of arms of Brühl and Kolowrat-Krakowska, painted with scattered Indian flowers. Gilded rush handle on each side. Underglaze blue crossed swords mark, pressed number 27 (small restored chip on the rim and slight wear to the gilding).
Provenance
Heinrich count of Brühl (1700-1763); in the possession of the descendants, Pförten castle; an belonging to the Pförten swan service holdings, looted in 1945, cannot be ruled out; [...]; Sotheby's New York 18. October 2018, lot 672; Bonhams, London, Bond Street, 07. July 2022, lot 37.
Literature / Source
Christine von Brühl: Schwäne in Weiß und Gold, Geschichte einer Familie, München 2021, S. 250 ff.; U. Pietsch (Hrsg.), Schwanenservice - Meissener Porzellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl (2000), S.155, Nr. 23).
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Friedrich Leopold Graf von Brühl
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