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Stand
(c. 1750)
Medium
porcelain (hard-paste)
Measurements
9.2 × 39.9 × 26.9 cm
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with funds donated by Peter and Ivanka Canet, 2013
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International
About this work
This pair of stands, probably intended for small tureens, is decorated in polychrome enamels with insects, sprigs of flowers and floral garlands tied with blue ribbons, executed in a naturalistic style derived from botanical woodcuts.The centre of the well of one stand is painted with a mountain goat eating foliage, the well of the other stand with a camelid, probably a llama. These stands are very closely related to the so-called Hanbury-Williams service produced at the Meissen factory between 1748 and 1750, and gifted by Augustus III to Sir Charles Hanbury-Williams, British Envoy to the Saxon Court.
Artwork Details
Inscription
painted in blue on base c.: (crossed swords)
painted in puce on base c.l.: 27
impressed in base c.r.: 27
Accession Number
2013.1.1
Department
International Decorative Arts
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Ms Carol Grigor through Metal Manufactures Limited
Physical description
Llama.