A Spice Vessel in the Form of a Ship, Meissen, c. 1745

ovoid hull, the bow decorated with a lion's head, a seated gentleman at the stern holding the tiller, porcelain, with polychrome decoration, the sides of the ship finely painted with insects, length 15 cm, height 10.3 cm, designed by Johann Friedrich Eberlein and Johann Gottlieb Eder, 1743–45, an early example, underglaze-blue crossed-swords mark to the rudder, mounting holes to the bottom and sides of the ship, hull and lion's head restored, (Hr)

Estimate:£1,696.49

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