CIRCA 1725, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, DREHER'S TO FOOTRIMS, THE BAYREUTH DECORATION CIRCA 1740

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A MEISSEN HAUSMALEREI TEABOWL AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1725, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, DREHER'S TO FOOTRIMS, THE BAYREUTH DECORATION CIRCA 1740
Painted in the workshop of J.F. Metzsch, the teabowl lower part and saucer reverse moulded with alternating blue and gilt flutes, the teabowl frieze and interior with flowers, the saucer with a vase of flowers, a recorder, musical scores and a parrot on a plinth, each with gilt scroll and pendant husk borders (areas of very slight wear, saucer with minute chip to underside of rim)

Provenance

Michael Moseley Collection
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 25th February 1991, lot 142
With M. & G. Segal, Basel, 1991

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

The teapot from this service is illustrated by Dr. Erika Pauls-Eisenbeiss German Porcelain of the 18th Century (London, 1972), Vol. I, pp. 544-545. For pieces of similar type from a different service, see Gustav E. Pazaurek, Deutsche Fayence-und Porzellan-Hausmaler (Leipzig, 1925), Vol. II, p. 263, nos. 227-228.

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