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CIRCA 1765, BLUE AP AND SCRIPT M MARKS TO BOTH
Details
A DUTCH DELFT (DE TWEE SCHEEPJES) BUTTER BOX AND COVER
Circa 1765, blue AP and script M marks to both
The cover modelled as a swan with black and iron-red beak and manganese plummage, the sides of the box moulded with a flowering vine enriched in blue, manganese, iron-red and yellow on the green ground and beneath a yellow scalloped rim, beak replaced
4in. (11.4cm.) high
Circa 1765, blue AP and script M marks to both
The cover modelled as a swan with black and iron-red beak and manganese plummage, the sides of the box moulded with a flowering vine enriched in blue, manganese, iron-red and yellow on the green ground and beneath a yellow scalloped rim, beak replaced
4in. (11.4cm.) high
Provenance
With Armin B. Allen, New York
Sale room notice
Please note that the top of lot 287 wass illustrated in the catalogue on the bottom of lot 290. The descriptions were similarly combined. The swan cover belongs on the green-ground bottom. Both have the AP factory mark. The cover has also a script M mark.