Meissen pottery?

Hello,

I found this piece from an estate sale.

I wonder if it is authentic and what is the approximate age? I have never seen a pottery with cross swords. Thank you!

 

The Meissen web site has lots of information for you.

https://www.meissen.com/en/seriescategory/boettger-stoneware

Debora

 

Meissen: stamped "Böttger Steinzeug" (Bottger Stoneware).

 

Wow if that was an actual original Boettger tea caddy ....well ...it would be worth an enormous amount of money!

 

I mean like a piece from the early 18thc - not doubting it is Meissen or anything!

 

This is one of those situations where pieces can stay in production indefinitely - so long as there's a demand. I don't know when the stamped mark was introduced, but I'll bet it's not all of that long ago.

 

The originals more than likely didn't have stamped names!

 

The original of this figurine dates to 1919, but this example, with the same marks as OP's, dates to 1966:


https://www.lotsearch.net/auction-c...523305?orderBy=lot-title&order=ASC&perPage=50

 

https://picclick.com/Meissen-Bottger-Steinzeug-Hexagonal-Red-Stoneware-Tea-Caddy-143607559417.html

 

Another link from the Smithsonian.

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_574969

 

Nearly fell off my seat when I saw the first pic. Stayed on it when I scrolled to the impressed mark pic. As Blooey said, an 18th c original would be priceless. Still very nice.

 

Fairly new (last 30 years). The C18th examples have an impressed asterisk in square and nothing else, also more shiny and detailed