CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, THE MOUNTS CONTEMPORARY
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A MEISSEN SILVER-GILT MOUNTED OVIFORM SPIRIT-URN AND COVER
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, THE MOUNTS CONTEMPORARY
Of quatrefoil section, painted with lovers in wooded landscapes flanked by gold-ground panels reserved with flowers, the front with a silver-gilt tap with a dog's head spiggot, on pierced scroll feet entwined with flowering branches, the mounted cover similarly decorated (minute chipping to flowers, interior flange of cover ground to fit mount)
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, THE MOUNTS CONTEMPORARY
Of quatrefoil section, painted with lovers in wooded landscapes flanked by gold-ground panels reserved with flowers, the front with a silver-gilt tap with a dog's head spiggot, on pierced scroll feet entwined with flowering branches, the mounted cover similarly decorated (minute chipping to flowers, interior flange of cover ground to fit mount)
6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Otto Höffer Collection, Berlin, sale Christie's, London, 5th July 2004, lot 68
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
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