An extraordinary spice container as ship (Navicella)
Lot-No. 310
Proceeds : 3.700 €
Meissen, around 1750, bronze mount. The model probably by J. F. Eberlein. The ship with a lion's head at the bow, at the helm a sitting young man with a yellow jacket and see-green trousers. H. 13 cm, l. 16,5 cm. - Literature: See a comparative piece by H. Jedding, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jh. in Hamburger Privatbesitz, Hamburg 1982, p. 156/157, no. 148 and p. 16, ill. X.
An extraordinary spice container as ship (Navicella)
An extraordinary spice container as ship (Navicella)
Lot-No. 310
Proceeds : 3.700 €
Meissen, around 1750, bronze mount. The model probably by J. F. Eberlein. The ship with a lion's head at the bow, at the helm a sitting young man with a yellow jacket and see-green trousers. H. 13 cm, l. 16,5 cm. - Literature: See a comparative piece by H. Jedding, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jh. in Hamburger Privatbesitz, Hamburg 1982, p. 156/157, no. 148 and p. 16, ill. X.