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Pair of Meissen Duck Butter Boxes
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Print Details
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Request Details
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Dates
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Circa 1745
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Medium
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Porcelain
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Origin
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Germany
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Description
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A very rare pair of Meissen duck butter boxes with replacement covers, both resting on grassy mounds, the female with predominantly brown plumage, the other a male with hints of purple and dark brown flecked plumage, modelled by J. J. Kaendler.
Circa 1741-45
Marks: Crossed swords marks in underglaze blue to the reverse edge of both.
10cm High
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Condition
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Replacement covers
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Literature
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See den Blaauen, A.L, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2000, no, 301, p. 413 for a related pair of gilt-bronze mounted boxes. The author notes an entry of Kaendler's workbook of April/May 1741 which refer to "Eine Butter Büchse, in Gestalt eines Entvogels".
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