A Berlin solitaire

CIRCA 1775

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A Berlin solitaire
Circa 1775
Painted in puce camaieu with classical figures in landscape vignettes including Mars and Venus, Leda and the Swan and Venus and Cupid with gilt scroll and foliage borders, the handles and spouts with foliage scroll-moulding and the covers with flower finials, comprising:

A pear-shaped coffee-pot and cover
A bullet-shaped teapot and cover
A pear-shaped hot-milk jug and cover
A circular sugar-bowl and cover
A coffee-cup and saucer (repaired chip to rim of cup)
A two-handled lobed tray
- blue sceptre marks, gilder's O to tray
The tray 14in. (35.5cm.) wide

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