Art auctions in the world. Autumn 23

Ahlden/Aller - 9-09-2023

Meissen bottle stand or napkin holder

939 400.00

With swan service decor, oval, above floral pierced work body on a drawn, ribbed stand. Fine relief decor of two inclined swans, flying and standing heron between high shield from the so-called swan service (swan design). Surrounding colorful decor of Indian flower branches and scattered flowers. On both sides of the wall, rocaille-shaped framed alliance coat of arms of the Count of Brühl and his wife (Brühl-Kolowrat-Krakowsky coat of arms). Fine, polychrome painting with gold staffage and combed gold edge. Either by Johann Friedrich Eberlein, 1940. Sword mark. H. 17 cm. L. 23.5 cm. The original over 2000-piece table service, the so-called "Swan Service", which Heinrich Count of Brühl, later Prime Minister of August III, commissioned in 1736, is the most extensive and in terms of plastic design the most magnificent porcelain service of the 18th century and a central work of Meissen porcelain art. A porcelain bottle holder or napkin holder with "Swan Service" decor, the alliance coat of arms of the Count of Brühl and his wife. Date mark. Crossed swords mark. Meissen. 1997.

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