Large Meissen porcelain sauceboat from the - Lot 255

Lot 255
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Large Meissen porcelain sauceboat from the - Lot 255
Large Meissen porcelain sauceboat from the 18th century, later decoration Blue mark with two crossed swords Of contoured oval form, resting on four bracket feet, the spouts with women's heads, the rim molded in wickerwork, with polychrome and gold decoration of coats of arms and flowers of the Indies, one spout with restorations and minor missing parts. A second similar porcelain model in the Meissen style is included. L._x001e_: 25.5 cm. Notes_x001e_: The coat of arms is that of Count Alexander Joseph von Sulkowski (1695-1762) and his wife Baroness Maria Franziska von Stein zu Jettingen (1712-1741). Alexandre came from a Polish noble family. He entered the Court of Augustus III, son of Augustus the Strong, as a page in 1711, was ennobled a Polish count in 1732, then became Minister of State on Augustus III's accession to the throne. He married for the first time in 1728 to Baroness Maria Franziska von Stein zu Jettingen, with whom he had seven children. It is their respective coats of arms that appear on this coin and the original service that was produced, comprising some 600 pieces. This was the first important service produced for someone other than the Elector by the Meissen manufactory, even before the famous "_x001e_service aux cygnes_x001e_". It was produced between 1735 and 1738, the date of the minister's disgrace. For a very important study of this service, see the article by Julius Lessing, in Kunstgewerbeblatt, 'Das Porzellangescgirr Sulkowski', 1888, vol.4, pp.43-48.
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