Lot Essay
A detail of the saucer is illustrated on the back cover.
CIRCA 1730-35, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, GILDER'S DOT BETWEEN THE HILTS TO BOTH
Details
A MEISSEN CHINOISERIE TWO-HANDLED BEAKER AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1730-35, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, GILDER'S DOT BETWEEN THE HILTS TO BOTH
The beaker painted with two chinoiserie vignettes within gilt quatrefoil cartouches with Böttger-lustre panels edged with scrolls and with purple Oriental figures, the interior with a Gitterwerk border, the gilt handles flanked by indianische Blumen, the saucer with a seated Oriental and two children playing with a dog, with vases, vessels, a statue, coral and other exotic items nearby, within a similar cartouche and border, the underside with indianische Blumen (some very slight wear to gilt rim of beaker)
CIRCA 1730-35, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, GILDER'S DOT BETWEEN THE HILTS TO BOTH
The beaker painted with two chinoiserie vignettes within gilt quatrefoil cartouches with Böttger-lustre panels edged with scrolls and with purple Oriental figures, the interior with a Gitterwerk border, the gilt handles flanked by indianische Blumen, the saucer with a seated Oriental and two children playing with a dog, with vases, vessels, a statue, coral and other exotic items nearby, within a similar cartouche and border, the underside with indianische Blumen (some very slight wear to gilt rim of beaker)
Provenance
With The Meissen Shop, Palm Beach, Florida, 1986
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
Brought to you by
Dominic Simpson