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Plate from the Swan Service for Heinrich von Brühl
Lost Art-ID
606677
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
Plate from the Swan Service for Heinrich von Brühl
Datierung
1736
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Ceramics (porcelain) ; Overglaze enamel polychrome / Overglaze painting ; gilded
Diameter
23.00 cm
Description
Porcelain, decorated in colour and gold. Slightly fluted lip with shell ribs and wavy rim contour. On the well, in front of shell structures in relief, a pair of swans on moving water with fish and shells. On the left standing heron with carp in its beak, another heron flying over the scene. Framed on both sides by reeds. Stylised trefoil frieze in gold along the edge of the lip. On the lip the large alliance coat of arms Brühl-Kolowrat-Krakowský with flanking lions above the flying heron as well as three larger bouquets with Indian flowers and small scattered blossoms. Swords mark. Condition B/C.
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; [...]; Private collection Westphalia. Acquired Bolland & Marotz, Bremen, December 1991, lot 179; Van Ham Auctions 13. November 2015, lot 1029.
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, S.155, Kat.-Nr.24.
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Friedrich Leopold Graf von Brühl
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