1411. An amfora vase decorated by Louis Masreliez (1748-1810) depicting a classical motif, Sweden, ca 1800.
The notes composing the melody 'God save the King/Queen'. Height 61,5 cm.
Chips to base.
- Department: Ceramics
- Auction: 4 June 2010, lot 1411
- Viewing: 22 – 30 May 2010
This item is subject to export restrictions.
Provenance
Probably Louis Masreliez (1747-1810).
There after in the Masreliez family to Mrs Mabel Heigard, thence by descent.
Exhibitions
Exhibited at the National Museum, Stockholm 1949. 'Louis Masreliez - en länge glömd gustavian', catalogue no 395, depicted.
The vase is probably identical to the vase mentioned in Louis Masreliez’s estate inventory of 18/4 1810. In the bedchamber; 'a vase of brown clay -32-'. The bachelor Louis Masreliez was inherited by his diseased brother Jean Baptiste's three children.
A vase of the same series was sold in these rooms at Bukowskis, 1989 A466, lot 708.
According to Stina Odlinder Haubo, the melody of God Save the King/Queen used in the predecessor to our present royal hymn. The lyrics were written to Gustav IV Adolf, 1805 by Abraham Niclas Edelcrantz, the secretary of Gustavus III.