Small ‘überhenklig’ teapot of ‘Schwartz Porcelain’

Meissen Böttger stoneware, second half of 1711 / beginning of 1713. Lacquer and gold painting workshop Martin Schnell of this time, 14 cm high

Provenance: The small teapot belonged for at least six years (1713–1719) to Johann Friedrich Böttger, the inventor, administrator and entrepreneur, to whom all “rights, privileges and goods” had been transferred by Augustus the Strong “ad dies vitae” (cf. Rückert 1990 p. 74); in 1991 it reappeared for the first time and was auctioned at Christie‘s London (20.05. No. 148) for around DM 80,000. It was recorded by Maureen Cassidy Geiger in her comprehensive catalogue of all known Schwartz Porcelain objects under no. 42. It then became part of an exquisite collection of Böttger stoneware, which also included the extraordinarily rare, enamelled coffee pot with relief decoration including inset garnets ($ 250,000).