Lot 107
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A RARE PETRUS DE WOLFF TEABOWL AND SAUCER
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A RARE PETRUS DE WOLFF TEABOWL AND SAUCER

CIRCA 1740

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A RARE PETRUS DE WOLFF TEABOWL AND SAUCER
Circa 1740
The saucer front and teabowl exterior with a portrait of de Wolff standing with his dog and gun, suacer back enamelled in colors with a sleeping woman, her clothing in disarray (2)
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Lot Essay

Winterthur has a teabowl and saucer, ex Martin Hurst collection (see A. Palmer, A Winterthur Guide, p. 82), and Howard & Ayers, op. cit., p. 250 note that the identity of this character, named on dinner plates with this same portrait, remains a mystery

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