Lot Essay
Closely related in design to lot 22 and to an initialled tea service ordered by the Copenhagen merchant Jorgen Bech after his second marriage in 1782.
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CIRCA 1785
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A DANISH MARKET TEACUP AND SAUCER
Circa 1785
Decorated with a portrait medallion showing a bust of Apollo with his lyre, encircled by a laurel wreath and beneath a series of narrow borders enclosing bianco-sopra-bianco brick pattern
5in. (14cm.) diam.
Circa 1785
Decorated with a portrait medallion showing a bust of Apollo with his lyre, encircled by a laurel wreath and beneath a series of narrow borders enclosing bianco-sopra-bianco brick pattern
5in. (14cm.) diam.