Lot Essay
Above, detail of saucer.
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CIRCA 1803, UNDERGLAZE BLUE SCEPTRE AND BLUE ENAMEL DASH MARK TO CUP, UNDERGLAZE BLUE SCEPTRE AND INCISED / L (?) TO SAUCER, PAINTER'S 35. TO BOTH
Details
A Berlin coffee-can and saucer
Circa 1803, underglaze blue sceptre and blue enamel dash mark to cup, underglaze blue sceptre and incised / L (?) to saucer, painter's 35. to both
The cup painted with blue cornflowers and corn en terrasse below a gilt border at the rim with a band of ovals against hatching between gilt lines, the angular handle enriched in gilding, the border of the saucer with a similar band of cornflowers and corn en terrasse enclosing a similar gilt border at the well, the centre with a gilt rosette, gilt line rims (slight rubbing to gilding on rims and handle)
Circa 1803, underglaze blue sceptre and blue enamel dash mark to cup, underglaze blue sceptre and incised / L (?) to saucer, painter's 35. to both
The cup painted with blue cornflowers and corn en terrasse below a gilt border at the rim with a band of ovals against hatching between gilt lines, the angular handle enriched in gilding, the border of the saucer with a similar band of cornflowers and corn en terrasse enclosing a similar gilt border at the well, the centre with a gilt rosette, gilt line rims (slight rubbing to gilding on rims and handle)
Literature
Erich Köllmann and Margarete Jarchow, op. cit. (Munich, 1987), Vol. II, p. 529, fig. 443.
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