Ecuelle
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1748 - circa 1755
Materials
Hard paste porcelain painted in colourful enamels
Place of origin
Meissen
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Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1270540.1
Summary
A Meissen Ecuelle (broth bowel), with separate cover and stand, one of a pair. in hard paste porcelain, the octafoil shaped bowl with ‘Gotzkowsky’ relief-moulded floral decoration and two strawberry branch handles, the cover with a rose and leaf finial, painted in colourful enamels with scattered naturalistic flowers and gold line bands. German, Meissen, circa 1748-55. Meissen crossed swords makers mark in blue enamel on the base of the Ecuelle and the stand.
Makers and roles
Meissen Porcelain Factory, maker