Early Meissen jug with chinoiserie painting by Johann Christoph Horn

Painted in "mixed colour technique" (enamel colours combined with underglaze blue) / silver lid with coin of King Christian V (1646-1699) of Norway and Denmark / H. 20 cm with lid / Meissen c. 1722 / Before the swords mark

Provenance: Collection Hoth, Berlin; Auction Lepke, Berlin 23-24 February 1926, Lot 123. / Franz and Margarete Oppenheimer, Berlin by 1927 (inv. No. 245). / Fritz Mannheimer, Amsterdam, included in an involuntary sale by the above, by 1938. / Confiscated by the 'Dienststelle Mühlmann', 1941, following the occupation of The Netherlands. / Recovered by Monuments, Fine Art and Archives Section, Munich Central Collecting Point, 2 July 1945 (MCCP no. 2367/10). / Returned to the Stichting Nederlands Kunstbezit, The Netherlands, Amsterdam, 15 February 1946. / Dr. F Mannheimer Collection sale, Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 14-21 October 1952, lot 311.

The sale of this object is based on an agreement with the Heirs of Franz and Margarete Oppenheimer. This resolves any dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the buyer.