Venus

Lot 4338 limit € 8.500

Meissen manufactory, swords underglaze blue, 1st choice or 1 underline, from the great tsarist order of Catherine II for Oranienbaum, model by Johann Joachim Kaendler 1774, an opulent centerpiece composed of two parts (old cement and mounting), Venus placed on clouds in the from Carriage drawn by swans and doves, painted in colour, equipped with gold, slightly dam. and rest., total L approx. 44 cm, pommel swords mid-19th century to 1923, the group is designed as a counterpart to a Mars group