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CIRCA 1742, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
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A MEISSEN TEASPOON
CIRCA 1742, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
The underside of the bowl with a turquoise ground, the interior painted after Watteau with an amourous couple within an oval Gitterwerk border, a channelled gilt line border edging the stem and widening at the handle to enclose a small vignette of a girl in a landscape, the underside with a similar border enclosing a loose bouquet on the handle and the factory mark on the bowl (areas of minute flaking to gilding)
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) long
CIRCA 1742, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
The underside of the bowl with a turquoise ground, the interior painted after Watteau with an amourous couple within an oval Gitterwerk border, a channelled gilt line border edging the stem and widening at the handle to enclose a small vignette of a girl in a landscape, the underside with a similar border enclosing a loose bouquet on the handle and the factory mark on the bowl (areas of minute flaking to gilding)
5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) long
Provenance
With A. Torre, from whom it was acquired in 1963.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.