Sebastian Kuhn
Department Director
Lot 311
A very large Meissen 'Limoges enamel' style vase, circa 1860
Amended
9 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £27,750 inc. premium
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
A very large Meissen 'Limoges enamel' style vase, circa 1860
Modelled by Ernst August Leuteritz, each side decorated in the style of Limoges enamels with a scene in white on a dark blue ground, on one side Saint Barbara holding parchment and a quill and flanked by putti holding models of buildings, on the other side a patron saint of sculpture, possibly Saint Castorius, applied with scrolling snake handles, clasped in the mouths of gilt lion head masks, 59cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, indistinct incised model number (haircrack to one handle)
Footnotes
This rare model seems to have come in several sizes; two of these are illustrated in S & T Bergmann, The Art of Meissen Figures - Model Numbers A 100 - Z 300, Supplement (2018), nos. 2087 and 2088.
Saleroom notices
Please note that a small section of the snake coils on one handle are cleanly restuck, and that the flared foot is restored.