Further Details
Johann Christoph Ludwig Lücke (1703-1780) came from a family of ivory carvers and modellers where he apprenticed with his uncle Carl August Lücke the Elder (active ca. 1688-1730). Between 1728-1729, he worked as a modeller at Meissen where he later worked at the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory in Vienna as the ‘First Model Master’.
A Rare Meissen Ice Pail and Cover with Double Scroll ‘Frauenkopf’ Handles Modelled by Johann Christoph Ludwig Lücke, Circa 1735
Height 11 4/5 ins. (30 cms.) Diameter 7 ins. (18 cms.)
Item No. 1941
A Rare Meissen Ice Pail and Cover with Double Scroll ‘Frauenkopf’ Handles Modelled by Johann Christoph Ludwig Lücke (1703-1780), the domed cover with gilt rim and artichoke finial in green...
A Rare Meissen Ice Pail and Cover with Double Scroll ‘Frauenkopf’ Handles Modelled by Johann Christoph Ludwig Lücke (1703-1780), the domed cover with gilt rim and artichoke finial in green and yellow is painted with scattered flowers and a prominent parrot tulip with petals unfurled in iron red and yellow. The ice-pail stands on a round, waisted foot, the body painted with floral bouquets, dominated by a pink rose in full bloom. Between the body and foot is a gold line. Painted brunette women with gilded crowns form part of the handles, which are further enhanced with puce painted lambrequin and gilt decoration along the sides.
Marks
Underglaze blue crossed swords
Literature
For a discussion on the handles modelled by Johann Christoph Ludwig Lücke, see Ulrich Pietsch, Early Meissen Porcelain: the Wark Collection from the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens (2011), p. 246-247.
See also Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan 1710-1810 (1966), cat. 525, pl. 133 where the form is discussed in Lücke’s ‘Spezification’ between 1728-1729 which states, ‘Einen Henckel in Forma einer Sirena auf einen Eyß Topf’ [a handle in the form of a Siren on an ice cream pot]
A similarly modelled example is published in Abraham L. den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum (2000), cat. 86, p. 152-153.
See also an example in the Hans Syz Collection, in the American History Smithsonian Museum, Washington (63.268 ab). See an earlier underglaze blue example in the Ernst Schneider Collection, in the Bavarian National Museum, Munich (D16171)