Lot Essay
Cf. the service sold in these Rooms on 3rd November 1997, lots 255-262.
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CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, PRESSNUMMERN 17 TO CUPS AND ONE SAUCER, THE OTHER SAUCER WITH 63
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A pair of Meissen teacups and saucers
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords marks, Pressnummern 17 to cups and one saucer, the other saucer with 63
One cup with two miners drilling a hole in a plank, one with a gilt AR monogram on his hat, the other cup with one miner sifting ore while another with a gilt AR monogram on his hat sits on a barrel, one saucer with two miners loading a wheel-barrow and the other with two miners at discussion before a heap of ore by a hut (chipping to rims of cups, one saucer with rim chip, scratching to enamels and slight wear to gilding) (2)
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords marks, Pressnummern 17 to cups and one saucer, the other saucer with 63
One cup with two miners drilling a hole in a plank, one with a gilt AR monogram on his hat, the other cup with one miner sifting ore while another with a gilt AR monogram on his hat sits on a barrel, one saucer with two miners loading a wheel-barrow and the other with two miners at discussion before a heap of ore by a hut (chipping to rims of cups, one saucer with rim chip, scratching to enamels and slight wear to gilding) (2)