CIRCA 1725, THE BEAKERS WITH BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, THE SAUCERS WITH BLUE ENAMEL CROSSED SWORDS MARKS AND DREHER'S /

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A pair of Meissen beakers and saucers
Circa 1725, the beakers with blue crossed swords marks, the saucers with blue enamel crossed swords marks and Dreher's /
The lower parts of each beaker with gilt scrolls between moulded up-turned acanthus leaves enriched with gilding, the upper parts with broad borders of gilt Laub-und Bandelwerk, the interiors richly gilt, the reverse of each saucer with gilt scolls between moulded acanthus leaves radiating from the gilt footrim, the upper sides richly gilt (beakers with wear to gilt rims, one with small area of wear to gilding at base of interior, saucers with some areas of rubbing to gilding, one with a small rim chip and minute footrim chip) (2)

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Lot Essay

The gilding on this lot was almost certainly applied in Dresden by George Funcke. See A. den Blaauwen, 'Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum', Catalogue (Amsterdam, 2000), no. 14.

For pieces with similar decoration and formerly in the possession of King Umberto of Italy, see his sale Christie's Geneva, 7th June 1968, lot 39. Another similar beaker and saucer, but with a handle, is illustrated by Rainer Rückert, Meissner Porzellan (Munich, 1966), pl. 14, no. 36. See also the example applied with stiff leaves exhibited at Lübeck and Aachen, Ulrich Pietsch, Early Meissen Porcelain (Lübeck, 1993), no. 40, where the author mentions that the form was designed by Irminger.

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