Lot Essay
A cup and saucer from the same service and formerly in the Albert Weitnauer Collection, was sold by Christie's Geneva on 11th 1985, lot 340, and again in these Rooms on 8th July 2002, lot 119.
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CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND GILDER'S 20. MARKS TO BOTH, BEAKER WITH PRESSNUMMER 24
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A MEISSEN LIME-GREEN-GROUND COFFEE-CUP AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND GILDER'S 20. MARKS TO BOTH, BEAKER WITH PRESSNUMMER 24
The cup of octagonal section beaker-shaped form, the loop handle enriched with gilt husks, lines and dot ornament, the ground of the exterior reserved with two river-landscapes with dilapidated buildings, one with two gallants at discussion, the other with boating figures, within shaped quatrefoil gilt line cartouches, the interior with a gilt vitruvian foliage-scroll border, the octagonal saucer with a fine city on the banks of a river within an elaborate gilt and dark-brown shaped quatrefoil cartouche with scrolling foliage, shells and diaper panels, within a similar gilt border, with a green-ground underside, gilt line rims (cup with chip to inside edge of rim, slight areas of wear and flaking to gilding, saucer with minute areas of wear)
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND GILDER'S 20. MARKS TO BOTH, BEAKER WITH PRESSNUMMER 24
The cup of octagonal section beaker-shaped form, the loop handle enriched with gilt husks, lines and dot ornament, the ground of the exterior reserved with two river-landscapes with dilapidated buildings, one with two gallants at discussion, the other with boating figures, within shaped quatrefoil gilt line cartouches, the interior with a gilt vitruvian foliage-scroll border, the octagonal saucer with a fine city on the banks of a river within an elaborate gilt and dark-brown shaped quatrefoil cartouche with scrolling foliage, shells and diaper panels, within a similar gilt border, with a green-ground underside, gilt line rims (cup with chip to inside edge of rim, slight areas of wear and flaking to gilding, saucer with minute areas of wear)
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