Meissen porcelain covered vinegar cruet, circa... Lot 23

Meissen porcelain covered vinegar cruet, circa 1735 A Meissen vinegar jug and cover, circa 1735 Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, of fluted and lobed baluster form with a grotesque mask spout and scroll handle, one side of the rim with an apeture, painted in underglaze-blue with sprigs of indianische Blumen and insects and the moulded decoration embellished in underglaze-blue, 16.8cm high, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (minor chips) (2) Footnotes: The first mention in Kaendler's work records of models for vinegar, oil and mustard jugs is in June 1733; Rainer Rückert suggests that the entry probably refers to the present lot with relief-moulded decoration around the body (quoted by J. Weber, Meißener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern, vol. II (2013), cat. no. 142 - a similar oil or vingear jug in the Schneider Collection, Schloss Lustheim; another, formerly in the Gustav von Gerhardt Collection, Bupdapest, was in the R.M. Collection, sold by Lepke's Berlin, 1 December 1925, lot 107). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com