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Serving spoon from the Swan Service for Heinrich von Brühl
Lost Art-ID
606657
Artist
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
Serving spoon from the Swan Service for Heinrich von Brühl
Datierung
1738
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Ceramics (porcelain) ; Overglaze enamel polychrome / Overglaze painting ; gilded
Length
32.80 cm
Description
Bowl with bas-relief, two swimming swans between rushes and a flying crane, on a spiral-shaped shell ground. The lip painted with the Brühl and Kolowrat Krakowska coats of arms and scattered floral branches, with gold border on the rim. […] Only a few large serving spoons from the Swan Service seem to have been preserved.
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, London, 28 November 1961, lot 144; Sotheby's, London, 10 March 1970, lot 42; Sotheby's New York, 18.10.2022, lot 369.
Literature / Source
Christine von Brühl: Schwäne in Weiß und Gold, Geschichte einer Familie, München 2021; Ulrich Pietsch, Schwanenservice - Meissener Porzellan für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, Leipzig, 2000.
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Friedrich Leopold Graf von Brühl
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