Meissen rare Hausmaler lobed dishes

gilded by Bartholomäus or Abraham Seuter — circa 1725

£6750 the two

Decorated in Augsburg, probably in the Seuter workshop, in gilding, each with a chinoiserie vignette depicting two figures on a scroll- and strapwork bracket in the centre, the gilt- edged rims with a band of scrollwork on the inside edge.

Provenance:
Private Collection, London (by 1971)

Dimensions
14.9cm wide

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History

The form is listed in the weekly reports of the work of the Dreher and Former between 1723 and 1727, where it is referred to as a ‘Schiffchen’ [little ship], ‘gemuschelt’ or ‘gerippt’ [i.e. lobed]; quoted by Claus Boltz, Die wöchentlichen Berichte über die Tätigkeit der Meissner Dreher und Former vom 6. Juni 1722 bis 31. Dezember 1728, in Keramos 178 (2002), p. 82, and ills. 75 and 76 for other examples of the form.

Literature:
S. Ducret, Meissner Porzellan bemalt in Augbsurg, vol. I (1971), ill. 184

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