Ascending over a multi-tiered natural pedestal, adorned with plastic foliage and fruits, is an oak tree trunk serving as the base for a round, shell-shaped container with corresponding lid, embellished with relief sculpture of shells. As a crowning element, there is a fully plastic, scenic representation of a red deer lying on a stable roof, surrounded by a pack of hounds, blowing a hunting horn. Based on a drawing by Johann Conrad Schlau. On either side of the sculpture, there is a cartouche crowned with the Russian coat of arms or hunting emblem. The polychrome painting is enriched with abundant gold decoration. Either by Johann Joachim Kaendler and Johann Gottlieb Ehder, 1741. Model number 267. Minimally repaired; sword mark. Height: 36 cm. Originally designed for Elector Clemens August of Cologne, a hunting cup with figurative depiction of a hunting event of the Elector from 1739, in which a red deer was driven and killed by a pack of hounds on a stable roof. Instead of the coat of arms of the Cologne Elector Clemens August, there is the Russian double-headed eagle with St. George. Pietzsch, Parforce porcelain, p. 39f., as well as catalog number 63. A splendid hunting cup with a figurative depiction of a stag hunt. Minor repairs. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. Around 1924-1934.
