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CIRCA 1800, BLACK SCRIPT NIDR. AND INCISED > TO EACH,
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A PAIR OF NIDERVILLER PINK-GROUND COFFEE-CANS AND SAUCERS,
CIRCA 1800, BLACK SCRIPT NIDR. AND INCISED > TO EACH,
each cup with the gilt monogram ARLM beneath a wreath of ferns and above a bower of blue clouds, the saucers en grisaille with military trophies, one with a Phrygian cap, the other an antique helmet, each reserved within a gilt ovolo and burnished band medallion, the pink ground edged in gilt (2)
CIRCA 1800, BLACK SCRIPT NIDR. AND INCISED > TO EACH,
each cup with the gilt monogram ARLM beneath a wreath of ferns and above a bower of blue clouds, the saucers en grisaille with military trophies, one with a Phrygian cap, the other an antique helmet, each reserved within a gilt ovolo and burnished band medallion, the pink ground edged in gilt (2)
Provenance
Gift of the comte de Custine to either James Madison or James Monroe (by tradition)
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.