PAIR OF POLYCHROME PORCELAIN TERRINES, MEISSEN MANUFACTORY, 19TH CENTURY of wavy, two-handled form, decorated with animated landscapes and surmounted by a closed royal crown, bearing the arms Saxony and Poland-Lithuania, from a prototype by J. J. Kaendler circa 1738; a few faults and wears, one possibly redecorated, a few minor faults Factory markings H 19 cm, W 27 cm A PAIR OF ARMORIAL MEISSEN PORCELAIN CONTAINERS, 19TH CENTURY; FEW DEFECTS, SLIGHTLY WORN, ONE MAYBE REPAINTED, SOME MINOR LOSSES (2) The prototype for these porcelains is a so-called Drüselkästchen, a kind of box intended to hold the necessities for embroidery. The first was made in Meissen to a model by Kaendler on the occasion of the wedding anniversary of Augustus III of Saxony and Poland and Queen Maria Josepha, as a gift for the latter. The form is actually often referred to as a soup tureen, or rather terrine, and is in the vein of the more sophisticated baroque-era heraldic production of the Saxon manufactory (see for comparison also U. Pietsch, C, Banz, Triumph of the Blue Swords, Meissen Porcelain for Aristocracy and Bourgeoisie, 1710-1815, Dresden, s.d., p. 135 and p. 291, and M Cassidy-Geiger, Fragile Diplomacy, London 2007, p. 185, fig. 8-20, p. 186, fig. 8-21). A specimen en suite with ours (referred to as a work box) is now in the Gianetti collection in Saronno.