Lot Essay
A similar cup and saucer, presumably from the same service, from the Max Hoffmann Collection was sold in these Rooms on 21st November 2005, lot 64.
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CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, PRESSNUMMER 23 TO SAUCER
Details
A MEISSEN COFFEE-CUP AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, PRESSNUMMER 23 TO SAUCER
Of quatrefoil section, each lobed panel painted in purpurmalerei with Commedia dell'Arte figures and figures after Watteau within black and gilt line surrounds and gilt scrolling foliage borders, the interior of the cup with a border of similar gilt scrolls and flowerheads
CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, PRESSNUMMER 23 TO SAUCER
Of quatrefoil section, each lobed panel painted in purpurmalerei with Commedia dell'Arte figures and figures after Watteau within black and gilt line surrounds and gilt scrolling foliage borders, the interior of the cup with a border of similar gilt scrolls and flowerheads
Provenance
With M. & G. Segal, Basel, 2004
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