https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/1135/fullPair of "Turkish" ewersca.1730Meissen Porcelain ManufactoryOverall (G83.1.603.1-2): 20.5 x 13.5 cm (8 1/16 x 5 5/16 in.)
Overall (G83.1.603.3-4): 21.6 x 14.1 x 9.4 cm (8 1/2 x 5 9/16 x 3 11/16 in.)hard-paste porcelain, enamel, gold, press moulded, and thrown.Gift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Meissen, Dresden, GermanyG83.1.603.1a-b -2a-b0Meissen 'Turkenkannchen' and covers each with baluster body raised on a short foot and applied with a double-scroll handle and animal-head spout. They are decorated around the body with bands of gilt scrollwork, including panels of estuary scenes in colours and purple camaieu. The central band enriched with flowering Asian-style shrubs. The high domed covers have painted pine-cone finials.18th Century European PorcelainGerman PorcelainMeissen[]European CeramicsGerman Porcelain1853721171GermanAugustus II (1694-1733)Crossed swords in underglaze blue