CIRCA 1770, BLUE CROWNED FF MARK, IMPRESSED AI

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A FULDA BULLET-SHAPED TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1770, BLUE CROWNED FF MARK, IMPRESSED AI
With a bird's head spout, double-scroll handle and fruit finial, painted with vignettes of exotic birds in branches issuing from mounds of earth among scattered insects within thick gilt lines, the spout and handle enriched in gilding (minor chipping to stem and leaves of finial, slight wear to gilding)
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high

Provenance

With A. Torre, from whom it was acquired in 1964.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The decoration on this lot appears to be by the same hand as the teapot and cover, bowl and seven saucers from Lord Rothschild's Collection sold in these Rooms on 16th March 1970, lots 60, 60A and 60B; and the cups, saucers and spoon-tray from the Meinertzhagen Collection sold in these Rooms on 3rd March 1986, lots 23 and 24. A jug and cover with birds in purple monochrome by a similar hand is in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, see E. Hannover, European Porcelain, fig. 414.

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