Lot 104
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A MEISSEN BLUE-GROUND COFFEE-CUP AND SAUCER
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A MEISSEN BLUE-GROUND COFFEE-CUP AND SAUCER

CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND O TO FOOTRIM OF SAUCER

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A MEISSEN BLUE-GROUND COFFEE-CUP AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND o TO FOOTRIM OF SAUCER
The coffee-cup painted with figures in landscapes before Venetian palaces within quatrefoil black and gilt line panels with interlocking gilt scrollwork, diaper panels and flowers, the wishbone handle enriched in gilding, the saucer with a figure on horseback and a boy in a landscape with villages and hills within a similar cartouche, the interior of the cup and border of the saucer with a band of gilt Laub-und-Bandelwerk (hairline crack to base of handle, slight rubbing to rims)
Provenance
Frederick and Antoinette Van Slyke Collection, sale Sotheby's New York, 26th September 1989, lot 74
With Röbbig, Munich, from whom it was acquired in December 1989.
Exhibited
The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland, 1954-56
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, 30th March 1964 - 2nd October 1969 (anonymous loan).
Special notice
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Lot Essay

A similar example is illustrated by Rainer Rückert, Meissener Porzellan (Munich, 1966), pl. 146, no. 611, and another was sold by Christie's Geneva on 17th November 1980, lot 125. A teacup and saucer from this service, sold by Christie's Geneva on 15th May 1995, lot 80, is lot 152 in this sale. A two-handled beaker of related type was sold by Christie's Geneva on 17th November 1980, lot 128 and again in these Rooms on 8th July 2002, lot 118.

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