RARE MODEL OF A TOWNHOUSE FROM THE HOLLAND VILLAGE... Lot 1050

RARE MODEL OF A TOWNHOUSE FROM THE HOLLAND VILLAGE FOR HEINRICH COUNT OF BRÜHL Meissen, model by J. J. Kändler and P. Reinicke c. 1743, completion c. 1760. On rectangular ground plan a three-storey building with surrounding rows of windows including attic, with arched entrance on one long side and red tiled roof with three dormer windows each and two chimneys on the ridge. Traces of a blue sword mark with dot. 17.8 x 12.5 x 8.5 cm. Provenance: - Collection Dr. Siegfried Ducret, Zurich. - By succession to Rosmarie Schmidt-Ducret, Binningen, estate. Literature: Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Miniature Architectures for the Brühl Dessert Table, in: Swan Service, 2000, p.120 fig.84. The town house model is part of a large, idyllic arrangement for a festive dessert table, consisting of churches, barns, farmhouses, stately palaces and town houses. In the 1753 inventory of the confectionery of Pförten Castle, a total of 51 townhouses were listed out of a total of 93 small architectural models. The models were designed and realized by Kändler, Reinicke and Ehder since 1743. The figurative table decoration, which was initially formed from dough, sugar and tragacanth before porcelain made its way onto the dessert table, played a major role in demonstrating princely wealth and the prime minister under the Saxon elector, Heinrich Graf von Brühl, played a major role in shaping the image of porcelain with his prominent manufactory commissions. In the inventory of Brühl's estate from 1765, chapter XII states: "Of porcelain, which is in the confectionery and in daily use, of different types", only "two and sixty (62) pieces of houses of various types". Comparative pieces and further literature: Melitta Kunze-Köllensperger, Idylle in Porzellan. Precious Table Decorations from Meissen, 1996, no. 14; M. Kunze-Köllensperger, Miniature Architectures for the Brühl'sche Dessert Table, in: Swan Service, 2000, cat. No. 165 (Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund); M. Kunze-Köllensperger, Collection Ritter von Kempski von Rakoszyn, 2008; Glamour of the Baroque, Ludwig Collection, 1993, p. 181; F. Kirsch, 100 Years of 18th-Century Porcelain and Faience, 2019, pp. 360-366.