Beschreibung:

A Meissen armorial two-handled circular soup-tureen from the Swan Service Circa 1740, blue crossed swords mark Modelled by J.J. Kändler and J.F. Eberlein , the shell-moulded body applied with two gilt C-scroll cartouches bearing the arms of Count Brhl impaled with those of his wife surmounted by gilt shells and flanked by applied pendant swags of white flowers and coloured molluscs, the handles formed as putti grasping arched dolphins, beneath a broad gilt band and dentil rim (cracked through body and restored, restorations to pendant swags and legs of putti, one handle and dolphins' tails, very slight losses to flowers, slight rubbing to gilding and enamels) 13¼ in. (33.7 cm.) wide