CIRCA 1735-40, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND GILDER'S CYRILLIC SCRIPT E. MARKS, DREHER'S , TO SAUCER
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A MEISSEN POWDERED-PURPLE-GROUND BEAKER, TEABOWL AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1735-40, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND GILDER'S CYRILLIC SCRIPT E. MARKS, DREHER'S , TO SAUCER
One side of the beaker with a harbour lit by moonlight, the other with a daytime harbour scene, the teabowl with a river landscape and a harbour scene, all within gilt line ogival panels, the teabowl interior with a flowering Oriental shrub, the saucer with a harbour scene within an elaborate gilt, red and purple cartouche with cornucopiae and a mask, all with Gitterwerk borders (wear to gilt rims, beaker with restored footrim chip, teabowl with minute rim frit, saucer with worn cartouche, three small chips to underside of rim) (2)
CIRCA 1735-40, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND GILDER'S CYRILLIC SCRIPT E. MARKS, DREHER'S , TO SAUCER
One side of the beaker with a harbour lit by moonlight, the other with a daytime harbour scene, the teabowl with a river landscape and a harbour scene, all within gilt line ogival panels, the teabowl interior with a flowering Oriental shrub, the saucer with a harbour scene within an elaborate gilt, red and purple cartouche with cornucopiae and a mask, all with Gitterwerk borders (wear to gilt rims, beaker with restored footrim chip, teabowl with minute rim frit, saucer with worn cartouche, three small chips to underside of rim) (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 21st February 1989, lot 208 (beaker and saucer)
With Hoff Antiques, London, 1989 (teabowl)
With Hoff Antiques, London, 1989 (teabowl)
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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