A BERLIN PORCELAIN 'NEUGLATT' TETE A TETE, gilt and painted in colours, with floral and garlanded monograms, the edges with scrolls, (Goldspitzenbordüre), the ribbed shell-inspired stand with a large L flanked by two pierced rings, both enhanced with a naturalistical butterfly, both bulging cups with interlaced branch handles and flowersprays, one with a B, the other with an L, marked with an underglaze blue sceptre, above 7 and I in orange-brown, circa 1780

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A BERLIN PORCELAIN 'NEUGLATT' TETE A TETE, gilt and painted in colours, with floral and garlanded monograms, the edges with scrolls, (Goldspitzenbordüre), the ribbed shell-inspired stand with a large L flanked by two pierced rings, both enhanced with a naturalistical butterfly, both bulging cups with interlaced branch handles and flowersprays, one with a B, the other with an L, marked with an underglaze blue sceptre, above 7 and I in orange-brown, circa 1780
28 cm wide (3)

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cf. E. Köllmann and M. Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan, ill. 395 for a similar tête à tête

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