Large Meissen tea caddy with lid and flower bud as knob, painted in kakiemon style
Meissen c. 1735 / height: 13.2 cm; swords mark on unglazed base / Provenance: Private collection, Munich; Sotheby's Zurich 5 Dec. 1991 no. 174
Rectangular caddy, the walls on all four sides and the shoulder triple curved (for the form see Rückert no. 373 plate 95, Tea caddy of a yellow ground service, c. 1730-35, Munich Residence). Scattered flowers in the Kakiemon style, similar to those of the Swan and Sulkowski Services. Rare decoration, which was probably an independent Meissen invention.