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Mixed Lot of Dresden Floral Sprays Tea / Coffee Wares, With four pieces of assorted Meissen and Dresden porcelain, Approximately 25 pieces in totalCondition reportChips to damage to three Dresden saucers.Large crack to Sugar bowl.Chips and cracks to two Meissen saucers.Age staining and colour fading to all pieces. 

A Dresden porcelain wall mirror, late 19th century, encrusted with flowers and putti, with rocaille cartouches to each corner, 50.5 cm x 33.5 cm

A Hammersley Dresden Sprays tea set, with ten cups, twelve saucers and tea plates, two larger side plates, three smaller tea plates, demitasse cup, teapot and sandwich plate, one side plate and teapot a/f

An early 20th Century blue and white oval plaque depicting an 18th Century scene at the Zwinger Palace, Dresden, impressed and painted marks, 50 cm x 31 cm

A Dresden cabinet plate painted classical scene with Venus and Cupid

An early 19th century Derby pot pourri a/f, a Dresden floral pierced vase, another Dresden vase and a gilt and white foliage form vase painted flowers, 22cm

A Dresden bust of a girl, 10cm - feather a/f

A 19thC Dresden lace porcelain figural group of a romantic couple with lapdog, 25cm

A selection of miscellaneous pottery to include a Shelley vase, limoges trinket dish, Dresden floral tray, five Limoges saucers and a plate, a Copeland Spode bowl and a Watchmaker figure

A Dresden porcelain tripod table decorated with flowers and gilt highlights, 46cms diameter.Condition Reporttop seems to be in good condition with no chips or cracks, the tripod base all of the legs have been off and restored. at the top of the column is a wood disc that attaches it to the top which does look to be original

A pair of continental porcelain jugs; together with a Dresden style comport with cherub stand; a quantity of Coalport plates; a Coronet ware part tea service and other ceramics and glass.

1975/76 LIVERPOOL Thirty away programmes housed in a red binder. Includes League, FA Cup, League Cup plus UEFA Cup programmes etc. Includes York City (LC) plus UEFA Cup Hibernian, Dynamo Dresden, Barcelona, KV Club Brugge (UEFA Final) plus Tranmere (Testimonial). The binder has ''LIVERPOOL F.C. AWAYS 1975-76'' Printed in gold text along the spine. Generally good

Assorted teawares including Spode Copeland’s  ‘Dresden Rose’ pattern [5 cups, 1 pedestal sugar, tea plate and a serving dish- all good], a trio with jade green border, transfer printed with over glaze enamels featuring flowers urns and Chinese style stand, the cup decorated to the interior also, 4 Royal Albert cups (all seconds), Royal Grafton cup and saucer, a late 18th century cup and saucer with high gilt decoration (worn in places), and a royal Doulton cup, saucer and two small plates with floral decoration [23]

German Conservatory Violin, Two-Piece back, length 13.75", overall length 23". German, circa 1800. Impressed to interior L Lowendall 1880, Dresden. Impressed to scroll Lowendall Celebrated Conservatory Violin.

A collection of Hammersley and Co Dresden Sprays tea ware: Comprising cups & saucers, side plates etc. (Damage noted to 2 cups and bowl and some staining to cups). (42)

19th C Continental Goblet, with gilt bowl panel decorated with putty supported by allegorical figures H.13cm, 19th C Dresden figurine of a woman carrying a basket impress No. 7-1022 (H. 16cm), a pair of 19th C Schutzendorf figurines impress no. 18 & 60, and a Dresdner Crinoline lady (5)

Royal Copenhagen vase, oval body decorated with a windmill, a Kalogsa model of boot, a pair of Dutch Deft clogs, a Dresden porcelain model of a ballerina and another of lovers on a bench, etc

A mixed lot of ceramics to include a Limoges vase, Dresden trinket box, Majollica tealight, and Russian biscuit tin

Beautiful crystal decanter with star-shaped cut, with silver handle and pouring neck, 800/000. MT.: Herman Behrnd, Dresden. The carafe is fitted with a stopper. Small dent at the base of the handle, otherwise in very good condition. 18x7x26cm.

Lot of miscellaneous, old/antique. Consisting of: wall clock, sewing machine, Chinese porcelain, camera Ernemann Dresden. Dimensions: 5 - 43 cm. In moderate/fair condition.

Müller, Richard: (1874 Tschirnitz/Böhmen - Dresden 1954). Die Gegner. Drei kleie Vögel verteidigen eine Wasserschale gegen einen Schreitvogel. Kaltnadelradierung auf chamoisfarb. Japan bei Felsing, Bln. 1915. Plgr. 21,5 x 41,5, Blgr. 44 x 56,5 cm. Vom Künstler u. Drucke sign., num. u. mit dem Namenszug u. Datum i.d. Platte. - Ex. 4/11. - W. Ränder tls. etw. knittrig u. beschabt, tls. etw. angestaubt u. vereinz. fleckig. Auis d. Slg. Travnicek. D

Nagel, Wilhelm: (1866 Mannheim - Baden-Baden 1945). Brücke bei Regenstimmung. Tempera auf Karton, um 1930, ca. 40 x 51 cm, sign. unten li. Verso m. "Sächsischer Kunstverein Dresden, 289". Etw. verzogen, Ecken u. Kanten tls. bestoßen, ansonsten schöne Darstellung i. Blautönen. D

Rehn, Walter Richard: (1884 Dresden 1951). Ohne Titel. Spielfeld mit 20 Feldern, 15 davon m. Inhalt. Darunter z.B. "Witz I. Wahl", "Witz 3. Witzwahl u. Strafmarke" od. "1 Glas Cognac". Womögl. Spielfeld für Trinkspiel. Radierung m. Plattenton 20. Jh. Sign. unt. re. M. handschriftl. Bez. in Bleistift, womögl. d. Künstlers, diese schwer leserlich. ╔Miro, Joan╗ (1893 Barcelona - Palma 1983). Peinture Murale (abstrahierte Szene m. Kuh). Farblithographie (1961). Ca. 25,3 x 78,8 cm. Doppelt gefaltet. - ╔Prosit 19 9╗. Holzschnitt 20. Jh. in grün und gelb. Ca. 25,7 x 21,6 cm. - Meist Gebrauchssp. R

Roch, Georg: (1881 Dresden - Berlin 1943). Fortuna, auf einer Kugel. Bronze, H: mit Sockel ca. 72 cm, sign. auf der Kugel "Georg Roch". - An beiden Armen, sowie am linken Ende des Tuchs sind Risse. D

Thiele, Johann Friedrich Alexander: (1747 Dresden 1803). 2 bukolische Landschaften m. Rindern und ihren Hirten. Radierungen bei C. A. Grossmann in Augsburg. Je ca. 17,2 x 22,2 cm. Je innerh. d. Plrd. beschn. Je m. d. Namensz. in der Darst. sowie in d. Pl. unterh. d. Darst. Je in d. Pl. num. u. einer Folge zugewiesen. Verso m. Sp. früherer Mont. Aus Sammlung Joseph Wähner. - Beide etw. flau gedruckt. - Leimschattig. Etw. fl. R

Zeisig, Walter: (1876 Leipzig - Dresden 1933). 7 (2 dplt.) Bl. mit meist Dresdener Ansichten. Radierungen u. Lithographie, 1904-19. Qu.8°-Qu.4°. 2 Bl. mit dem Namenszug, alle Bl. mit dem Monogr. u. Datum i.d. Platte bzw. im Stein, 2 Bl. mit Monogr.-St. Topfmarkt an der Frauenkirche (2x), Blumenmarkt an der Kreuzkirche, Laterne am Güntzplatz (2x), Ansicht von der Elbe aus, Elbtal mit Lilienstein. - Tls. etw. fleckig, tls. angestaubt u. lichtrandig. D

Katalog: Künstlervereinigung Dresden. Sommer Ausstellung 1932. Dresden, Baensch Stiftung 1932. Mit 16 Taf. 32 S. OU. (Leicht stockfl.). Sehr seltener Katalog. - ╔Dabei: Dt. Künstlerbund Stgt. 1930.╗ Ausstellungs-Katalog 31. Mai bis 21. Sept. Ausstellungsgebäude auf dem Interimtheaterplatz. Stgt. 1930. Mit 50 Tafels. 37 S., 8 Bl. (Anzeigen). Okart.

Heartfield, John: Fotomontagen aus der Arbeiter-Illustrierten-Zeitung 1927-1938. 33 reproduzierte Lichtdrucke, VEB Dresden 1974. Qu.Imp.Fol. Okart. Karton mit Einriss. - ╔Dabei: Momente.╗ 5 sign. Rad. u.a. von Karl-Heinz Schmidt, 1995. Gr.Fol. Cum Figuris Presse. Okart. - Ex. 14/15.

Zöllner, Ludwig Theodor: (1796 Oschatz - Dresden 1860). Jussuf Bey. Stehendes Ganzportrait in prachtvoller, orientalischer Tracht mit Krummsäbel u. Pfeife. Lithographie n. T.Leblanc für A.Anders bei Zöllner, Dresden um 1850. 26,7 x 18,4, Blgr. 46,7 x 31,5 cm. Vgl. BM 1929,0608.153 (auf aufgew. China). - Etw. angestaubt u. lichtrandig, tls. etw. stockfl. Mit Trockenst. "AAA Ex Africa aliquid novi" im Kreis im unt. re. Eck. D

Hermann, Carl Heinrich: (1802 Dresden - Berlin 1880) nach. 15 Radierungen "Die Geschichte des deutschen Volkes in fünfzehn Bildern" v. J.Thaeter u.a. bei v. Wick, Mchn. für J.Perthes, Gotha 1851-53. Blgr. 68 x 88 cm. Tls. noch geheftet. - Tls. etw. fleckig u. angestaubt, ob. u. unt. wasserrandig, tls. stärker randrissig. - Selten.

Böhmer, Gunter: (1911 Dresden - Lugano 1986). Südländische Häuserpassage mit Palmen. Kugelschreiberskizze auf "RM Fabriano 1989", 1954. Blgr. 33 x 24,3 cm. Unt. re. sign. u. dat. Verso Besitzverm. D

Diethe, Alfred Richard: (1836 Dresden - 1919). Diener putzt Silbertablett (?), Dame schaut zu. Im Hintergrund Buchregal. Aquarellierte Federzeichnung. Unten li. sign. 15 x 10,6 cm. Gerahmt. - Oben links minimaler Eckabriss. Dabei: 2 Tuschezeichnungen von Curt Crien. Untern re. sign. Ca. 15 x 20 cm. Jeweils gerahmt. D

Dietricy (Dietrich), Christian Wilhelm: (Weimar 1712 - 1774 Dresden). Der Marktschreier, auf kleiner Bühne vor großer Bildtafel. Im Vordergrund rechts Zahnarzt, einen Patienten bearbeitend. Radierung und Kaltnadel, datiert 1767. Plattengröße ca. 17 x 14,5 cm. - Linck Nr. 83. - Etw. fl., links unten mit hs. Nr. R

Enslen, Johann Carl: (1759 Stuttgart - Dresden 1848) nach. Diana auf einem von zwei Hirschen gezogenen Wagen. Bleistiftzeichnung 18. Jh. von Hill. Am unt. Rd. bez. "nach Ensten's Figur von Goldschläger Haut gez. von Hill". Johann Carl Enslen zog mit seinem Bruder umher und präsentierte auf Jahrmärkten seine selbst hergestellten Luftfiguren (vgl. TBV, Bd. 10, S. 568), die offenbar aus Goldschlägerhaut hergestellt waren und die mit Zeichnungen und Drucken versehen waren. Diese hatten menschliche und tierische Formen und dienten als Attraktion, mit der die Enslens umherzogen (vgl. ebd.). Offenbar handelt es sich bei der vorliegenden Zeichnung um die Dokumentation einer der Enslener Figuren. - Das Blatt wurde einlaminiert. Etw. stockfl. R

Hahn, Paul Karl: (1892 Bunkersdorf - Dresden 1980). Porträt eines Mädchens. Mischtechnik Tusche/Bleistift/Kreide auf Papier. 44,5 x 32, 5 cm. Oben re. u. li. auf Pappe fixiert. Ränder mit Gebrauchsspuren. Unter Passep. R

Hasemann, Wilhelm Gustav F.: (1850 Mühlberg/Elbe - Gutach 1913). Schwarzwälder Mädchen zur Kirche gehend. Öl a. Holzplatte, ca. 20,5 x 16,5 cm, gerahmt 28 x 24 cm. Sig. unten links mit "W. Hasemann". Zu den bekanntesten Werken des berühmten Malers gehören Portraits von jungen Schwarzwälderinnen in Tracht gekleidet. Hier zu sehen in Gutacher Tracht m. Bollenhut, nahe eines Bauernhofs. Provenienz: Kunstausstellung Kunstakademie zu Dresden, 1888. Katalog Nr. 58. - Black Forest girl on her way to church. Oil on wood, framed. Bottom left signed. D

Hauser, Edmund Guido: (1821 Dresden 1898). Waldstück. Tls. weiß gehöhtes Aquarell auf festem beigefarb. Papier. Blgr. 27 x 23,5 cm. Unt. re. sign. Unter Passep mont. R

Hegenbarth, Josef: (1884 Böhmisch Kamnitz - Dresden 1962). Schwarze Katze mit Buckel, im Hintergrund eine sich putzende Katze. Lithographie. Ca. 22 x 17,5, Blgr. 37 x 27 cm. Re. unt. sign. - Etw. knittrig. D

Hess, Carl Adolf Heinrich: (1769 Dresden - Wien 1849). Ein Kosake auf einem Transportschlitten lässt sich von seinem Pferd ziehen. Radierung auf Bütten mit WZ-Fragm. "Gekröntes Wappen mit Lilie", 1806. Plgr. 15,5 x 20, Blgr. 25,5 x 35,5 cm. Mit dem Namenszug u. Datum i.d. Platte. - Leichte Alters- u. Gebrauchssp. R

Hofer, Carl: (1878 Karlsruhe - Berlin 1955). Weiblicher Halbakt. Originallithographie (ca. 1923) auf der Einladung zur "Ausstellung Carl Hofer Neue Bilder und Zeichnungen" im "Graph. Kabinett" Hugo Erfurth, Dresden 1925. 10,6 x 10, Blgr. ca. 21 x 27 cm. - Rathenau L. 53, II. - Stellenw. leicht fleckig. D

Limmer, Emil: (1854 Borna - Dresden 1931). Pfadfinder bei der Erntearbeit. Lav. Tuschzeichnung, tls. weiß gehöht, auf festem Papier 1914. Blgr. 32,5 x 45,5 cm. Unt. re. sign., dat. u. bez. "nach der Natur gez.". Unter Passep. mont. - Unt. Rd. wegen einiger Knicksp. unterl., tls. etw. stockfl. D

Limmer, Emil: (1854 Borna - Dresden 1931). Englische Offiziere im Lager von Bischofswerda. Bleistiftzeichnung 1915. Blgr. 29,5 x 47,5 cm. Unt. re. sign., dat., ortbez. u. bez. "n.d.Leben gez". - Unter Passep. mont. - Etw. stockfl. u. lichtrandig. D

A lot comprising a blue and white transfer printed tazza, a Spode Lindisfarne plate, a Nao figure, a Dresden gilt & floral decorated hexagonal vase, a Hollohaza model of storks, a Malingware lustre bowl, a Noritake trinket dish etc Condition Report: Not available for this lot

A Royal Worcester potpourri vase and cover with a flame finial , the bulbous body painted with roses, green mark, together with a damaged Royal Worcester vase painted with highland cattle signed by John Stinton, a Japanese satsuma pottery bowl and a Japanese satsuma pottery vase, a Murano glass jug with dragon handle a relief miniature of Christ, a glass paperweight, a Guernsey pottery pig money box and a Dresden floral decorated pounce pot

Imperial German 1914 Dated Saxon Belt Buckle, good example of a 1895 pattern enlisted ranks belt buckle in brass with nickel silver centre, Imperial crown with Saxon state motto “PROVIDENTIAE MEMOR”. Complete with fittings to the reverse. Also stamped to the reverse with makers details “H.AURICH DRESDEN” and 1914 date. Ex Jerry Withers collection.

Imperial German 1915 Dated M-15 Saxon Belt Buckle, good example of a M-15 pattern all steel enlisted ranks belt buckle with Imperial crown and Saxon state motto “PROVIDENTIAE MEMOR”. Complete with fittings to the reverse. Also stamped with a makers mark to the edge “W E PEUCKER DRESDEN”. Attached to the buckle is the original brown leather tab which is stamped with 1915 date and also “U. fp.” and “REINHOLD KUHN GRIMMA”. Remains of the field grey finish to the buckle. Ex Jerry Withers collection.

WW2 German Waffen-SS Belt Buckle, good example of a combat worn steel enlisted ranks belt buckle for an other ranks in the Waffen-SS. Buckle retains much of its light olive drab paint finish. SS style eagle and motto “Meine Ehre heist Treue!”. Reverse with fittings. Stamped to the reverse RZM 155/40 and SS runes, the olive drab paint has been removed to see this mark. Complete with the original brown leather tab which is stamped with “H AURICH DRESDEN”. Overall a very good example. Ex Jerry Withers collection.

A Dresden 20thC porcelain box and cover, of cylindrical form, decorated with floral sprays and sprigs against a scale ground, gilt heightened, No 4592, painted marks, 12cm wide.

Various items of 19th century Continental porcelain to include a pair of circular bisque wall plaques depicting lovers, unmarked, later mounted in ornate gold coloured plaster frames of scrolling leaves, a pair of Dresden figural candlesticks, one depicting a boy holding a bird's nest, the other a girl gathering flowers in her dress, both marked with blue crossed swords mark to base, height approx 28cm, a single Dresden porcelain candlestick with four figures to the column, possibly depicting the four seasons, blue crossed swords mark to the base, height 22cm and a pair of Jacob Petit three-stem bud vases marked JP in underglaze blue to the base of one example, height 12cm (7). CONDITION REPORT The wall plaques have areas of repair, one girl has a missing arm, boy has missing fingers, some repair needed to the leaf frames. The pair of candlesticks both have old repairs and areas that need repair. The single candlestick has a repair to the top, small chips to the flowers. The bud vases have nibbles to the base and nibbles to the flowers, etc.

A 19th century Dresden, German teacup and saucer, the four-panel design incorporates two with floral sprays on a turquoise ground either side of two painted panels depicting horses and riders, one panel possibly relating to a horn blower in a military scene, the fancy scroll handle with thumb kick in the form of a bust of a man wearing a black hat, marked to the base of each with entwined AR in underglaze blue, height 7.5cm, diameter 13cm, also an Aynsley cabinet cup and saucer decorated with a printed fallen fruit design and gilt interior to the cup, a Maling ware green and floral lustre twin-handled comport, height 9cm, diameter 13cm and a Bishop & Stonier vase of globular form resting on four ball feet, over painted with Scottish theme depicting wild thistles, height 15cm (4).

A New Hall reeded helmet shaped cream jug, c1790-1800, pattern 172, 11.5cm h and a Spode Dresden embossed octagon shape bone china cream jug, c1820, painted with flowers in gilt dentil rim, red painted SPODE and 2527 (2)

A Dresden Centrepiece of five figures playing blind man's bluff, with oval base, 17in W

Three trays of Coalport English bone china 'Ming Rose' design tea and dinnerware items to include; lidded tureens, gravy boat and stand, various plates, teacups, sucrier, milk jug etc. Together with three trays of M.W.R Midwinter Ltd England 'Dresden' design floral dinnerware including; various plates, shallow bowls, lidded tureens etc. (6)(B.P. 21% + VAT)

A rare Meissen Augustus Rex vase and cover, circa 1730Of ovoid form, superbly painted in the manner of J.E. Stadler with a vignette depicting two large chinoiserie figures enclosed by vividly coloured indianische Blumen and birds in flight and perched on the flowers, the neck with similar flowering branches, the domed cover similarly decorated with an iron-red border of whorls and sunbursts to the rim, 38.4cm high, AR monogram in underglaze-blue, (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 2 March 1993, lot 269;The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen PorcelainLiterature:U. Pietsch/K. Jakobsen, Frühes Meissener Porzellan (1997), no. 177Exhibited:Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 19 January-6 April 1997;Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresdeb, Porzellansammlung im Zwinger, Albertinum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 7 May-13 July 1997A closely similar vase, possibly the pair to the present lot, is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (accession no. C.48&A-1971).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Meissen octagonal double-handled beaker and saucer, circa 1730Painted in Kakiemon style with the 'Quail' pattern, brown-edged rims, the saucer: 23.3cm wide, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue (saucer) and blue enamel (cup), incised Japanese Palace inventory numbers N=346-/W (cup with restored sections) (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Royal Collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden;Brigitte Britzke Collection, Bad Pyrmont;Sold by Bonhams online, 9 June 2017, lot 8;Private Collection, U.K.Literature:Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts aus Bad Pyrmonter Privatbesitz, exhibition catalogue (2002), p. 76;La Porcelana de Meissen en la Colección Britzke/Das Meissner Porzellan der Britzke-Sammlung, exhibition catalogue (2009), p.128Exhibited:Museum im Schloss, Bad Pyrmont, Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts aus Bad Pyrmonter Privatbesitz, 28 November 2002 to 26 January 2003;Fundación Caja Segovia, La Porcelana de Meissen en la Colección Britzke 1709-1765, 16 July to 18 November 2009For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Meissen silver-gilt-mounted teapot and cover, circa 1725Each side finely painted in enamels, gilding and lustre with a chinoiserie scene depicting two figures flanked by flowers and vessels containing objects, within a gilt scrollwork cartouche filled with Böttger lustre and embellished with iron-red and purple scrollwork,the handle and spout flanked by insects and flower sprigs, a gilt scroll- and strapwork border below the rim, the domed cover with a hinged mount, decorated with two similar chinoiserie vignettes, the spout with a hinged cover, the footrim with a silver-gilt mount, 12cm high, crossed swords mark and K.P.M. in underglaze-blue,Footnotes:Provenance:Private Collection, Germany (sold at Sotheby's Zurich, 1 June 1994, lot 99);The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen PorcelainLiterature:M. Newman, Die deutschen Porzellanmanufakturen, I (1977), ill. 8;U. Pietsch/K. Jakobsen, Frühes Meissener Porzellan (1997), no. 179Exhibited:Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 19 January-6 April 1997;Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Porzellansammlung im Zwinger, Albertinum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 7 May-12 July 1997This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Meissen dessert dish from the 'Brühl'sche Allerlei' service, circa 1746Probably modelled by Johann Friedrich Eberlein, painted with with a flower spray and hazelnuts, the wavy gilt-edged rim moulded with shells and pierced trellis panels interspersed with pierced flower sprays picked out in polychrome enamels, 24.2cm diam., crossed swords mark above a dot in underglaze-blue, impressed 21 (rim section restuck)Footnotes:Provenance:From the service commissioned by Heinrich Graf von Brühl in 1742 and listed at his death in 1763 in his Dresden palace in the AugustusstrasseThe 'Brühlsche Allerlei' service was one of the most magnificent table services made at the Meissen manufactory and is comparable in scale and ambition to the better-known Swan Service. The service has been thoroughly discussed by Johanna Lessmann, Das 'Brühlsche Allerlei' Ein Service für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, in U. Pietsch (ed.), Schwwanenservice (2000), pp. 106-123. It originally comprised over 2000 pieces, including dinner, dessert and coffee services, and at Brühl's death in 1763, still included 145 soup plates and 269 dinner plates. Most of the modelling work on the service appears to have been done by J.F. Eberlein and J.G. Ehder, whose work records include numerous references to the service. Two large quantities from the service were sold by Sotheby's London, 8 July 1997, lot 57; and by Sotheby's New York, 21 November 2014, lot 1304. A similar dessert dish from the service is in the Dresden porcelain collection, published in U. Pietsch (ed.), Schwanenservice (2000), no. 151.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A large Meissen Bacchanalian table centrepiece, late 19th centuryAfter the models by J.J. Kaendler of 1761, comprising a central ionic column on rockwork entwined with fruiting vines, surrounded by figures of Bacchus, the drunken Silenus on a donkey and a faun and surmounted by a candelabrum with six scrollwork arms entwined with fruiting vines and seven sconces, enclosed at the base by five figures of a satyr, a reclining nymph and young fauns, one with a goat, all on gilt-edged rockwork applied with fruiting vases, leaves and small trees, all mounted on a wooden base, 77cm high overall, crossed swords marks in blue and underglaze-blue, incised model number A.96, impressed numerals (typical minor damage and restoration) (7)Footnotes:Provenance:A Private Swiss Collection of 19th century MeissenBased on the centrepiece ordered by Frederick the Great in April 1761 for a large table service of 'preussisch-musikalische Dessin, which was subsequently given to one of his favourite generals, Hans-Joachim von Ziethen; parts of the centrepiece were in the von Klemperer Collection, Dresden (destroyed in WWII, the fragments sold in these Rooms, 8 December 2010, lot 69). The original was surmounted by a basket rather than a candelabrum. The same model was also used for a similar service for Frederick with red instead of green borders, of which part of the centrepiece is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (see S. Wittwer, 'Hat der König von Preßen die schleunige Verferttigung verschiedener Bestellungen ernstlich begehret', in Keramos 2018 (2010), pp. 51ff. and ill. 51 for the centrepiece in the V & A).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Meissen group of Scaramouche and Columbine, circa 1741Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, Scaramouche wearing a black hat, pale pink tunic patterned with playing cards and blue breeches, embracing Columbine holding a birdcage and wearing an iron-red bodice with black stomacher, yellow and black striped skirt and a white apron with stylised flowers, a leafy tree to the side, the base applied with leaves and flowers, 17.5cm high, faint traces of crossed swords mark in blue (chips and restoration to the leaves)Footnotes:Provenance:The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen PorcelainThe group is recorded in Kaendler's Taxa:'Groupgen von 2 Figuren, bestehend, so einander umarmen, das Frauenzimmer aber hält in der lincken Hand einen Vogelgebauer' [group made up of 2 figures, embracing each other, the woman however holding a birdcage in her left arm].Further examples are in the Porcelain Collections, Dresden (illustrated in R. Jansen (ed.), Commedia dell'Arte Fest der Komödianten (2001), no. 18), the Pauls-Eisenbeiss Collection, Basel (illustrated in Dr Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century (1972), vol. I, pp. 284-287), the Gardiner Museum, Toronto (illustrated in Meredith Chilton, Harlequin Unmasked (2001), no. 82, fig. 298), the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, amongst others. Another example was sold in these rooms, 3 December 2020, lot 86.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Dresden porcelain figure of a lady, late 19th centuryWearing a turquoise hat, pink bodice with laced stomacher, a striped and pattern skirt and yellow overskirt, holding flowers in her hands, the circular base applied with flowers, 46cm high, pseudo crossed swords mark in blue, incised mark (minor restoration and chips)Footnotes:Provenance:A Private Swiss Collection of 19th century MeissenThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com