Lot Essay
For a satirical cup and saucer with similar decoration, see Rainer Rckert, Meissener Porzellan (Munich, 1966), pl. 171, no. 738.
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CIRCA 1760, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Details
A MEISSEN SATIRICAL TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1760, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Of bullet shape with a wishbone handle, one side painted with a dog and a rabbit, the other side with exotic birds, each in landscape vignettes enclosed by pendant garlands and scrolling trellis supporting puce scale panels edged with rococo scrolls on the shoulder, the shallow domed cover with a bud finial
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 1760, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK
Of bullet shape with a wishbone handle, one side painted with a dog and a rabbit, the other side with exotic birds, each in landscape vignettes enclosed by pendant garlands and scrolling trellis supporting puce scale panels edged with rococo scrolls on the shoulder, the shallow domed cover with a bud finial
4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
With Charles Bernstein, Oakland, California, 1986
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