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A Berlin (Gotzkowsky) teacup and saucer
CIRCA 1760-63, UNDERGLAZE BLUE G. MARKS TO EACH AND IMPRESSED , TO CUP AND SAUCER
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A Berlin (Gotzkowsky) teacup and saucer Circa 1760-63, underglaze blue G. marks to each and impressed , to cup and saucer
Painted with fruit including wild strawberries, pears and a half apple within puce scale-pattern borders edged with gilt scrolls and parallel lines suspending garlands of flowers, the green branch handle with leaf terminals (two slight chips to rim of cup)
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.
Lot Essay
Cf.Winfried Baer, Ilse Baer and Suzanne Grosskopf-Knaack, op. cit. (Berlin 1986), nos. P34-54 for the service of which this was once presumably a part.