A Meissen oval tureen and cover, circa 1750Modelled by J.G. Ehder with 'Gotzkowsky Relief', on four gilt-edged scroll feet and applied with cauliflower branch handles, painted with flower sprigs and scattered flowers, the cover with a purple-edged gilt foliate monogram 'GW' on each side of the rim, the finial modelled as a patridge on a gilt-edged scroll over various vegetables and a lemon, 33cm high; 40cm across handles, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue (restored) (2)注脚A variation of the model created for the 'St. Andrew Service' in the mid 1740s as a gift for the Russian Empress Elizabeth; see U. Pietsch (ed.), Meissen for the Czars (2004), cat. no. 66.