Lot 2 | Meissen | PORCELAIN TUREEN WITH DECOR OF THE SWAN SERVICE WITH THE FIGURINES OF ACIS AND GALATEA

PORCELAIN TUREEN WITH DECOR OF THE SWAN SERVICE WITH THE FIGURINES OF ACIS AND GALATEA.

Meissen.
Date: 20th c.
Maker/Designer: Draft J.J. Kaendler.
Technique: Porcelain, modelled, relief, enriched in colours and gold.
Description: Oval body of the tureen with shell decor in relief resting on four feet. Two of them are painted as dolphins, two as mascaron feet with bearded, reed-crowned neptune faces. The sides are painted with sculpted shells, individual flowers and lobster tails. The side handles are designed as two fish-tailed triton boys. The lid is crowned by Galatea riding on a water-spouting dolphin with her lover Acis under a cloth billowing in the wind .

One leaf broken off.
Measurement: Tureen 44/36/25cm.
Mark: Swords mark, painted blue under glaze, cameo no. 215 m, 05020, painter's mark 80.