A Rare Meissen Rococo Clock Case and Stand
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
Lot-No. 719
The curved pedestal on four volute feet, in the front a cartouche with floral painting. The pear-shaped case on four ornate feet, crowned by a large bouquet of flowers. Clock: Enamel dial with Arabic and Roman numerals, movement replaced. - Kaendler's work reports list the clock in 1766 as a commission for Johann Georg of Saxony, an illegitimate son of August the Strong. A comparable example was in the Hermann Emden Collection, Hamburg, sold at the Rudolf Lepke Auction House, Berlin, 3-7 November 1908, lot 600, plate 38.Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Meissen. around 1770. Polychrome painted porcelain. Clock case: H. 36 cm; stand: H. 11,5 cm. Crossed swords mark with dot, '17' (purple). Prof. rest. - Provenance: Bonhams, Fine European Ceramics, 22 July 2020, Lot 103 -
Johann Joachim Kaendler: A Rare Meissen Rococo Clock Case and Stand
Johann Joachim Kaendler (Fischbach/Sachsen 1706 - Meissen 1775)
A Rare Meissen Rococo Clock Case and Stand
Lot-No. 719
The curved pedestal on four volute feet, in the front a cartouche with floral painting. The pear-shaped case on four ornate feet, crowned by a large bouquet of flowers. Clock: Enamel dial with Arabic and Roman numerals, movement replaced. - Kaendler's work reports list the clock in 1766 as a commission for Johann Georg of Saxony, an illegitimate son of August the Strong. A comparable example was in the Hermann Emden Collection, Hamburg, sold at the Rudolf Lepke Auction House, Berlin, 3-7 November 1908, lot 600, plate 38.Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) Meissen. around 1770. Polychrome painted porcelain. Clock case: H. 36 cm; stand: H. 11,5 cm. Crossed swords mark with dot, '17' (purple). Prof. rest. - Provenance: Bonhams, Fine European Ceramics, 22 July 2020, Lot 103 -
