CIRCA 1760

Details

A FAMILLE ROSE MARRIAGE PLATE
Circa 1760
The centre with two sets of elaborate iron-red cyphers heightened in gilt, below a coronet being supported by two European winged figures enamelled in the famille rose palette, a band of gilt spearheads in the well and the border with grisaille and gilt Du Paquier style strapwork, underside chips
9 in. (23 cm.) diam.

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 20 March 1979, lot 143 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. J-45).

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

A saucer from this service, which was probably made for the Scandinavian market, is illustrated by Hervouët and Bruneau, La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes à Décor Occidental, Paris, 1986, p.338, fig.14.44.

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