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This cabinet-cup commemorates the allied entrance into Paris on 31st March 1814.
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1814, UNDERGLAZE BLUE SCEPTRE MARK, IMPRESSED L (?)
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A Berlin commemorative conical cabinet-cup and saucer
1814, underglaze blue sceptre mark, impressed L (?)
With campana handle, painted in sepia with portraits of King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, Emperor Franz Josef of Austria and Tsar Alexander of Russia within a gilt palm and berried laurel wreath inscribed in gilt above Heil Euch im Siegerkranz!, the saucer with a map of Paris inscribed in gilt Einzug in Paris 31 Maerz 1814, gilt line rims (minute chip to footrim of cup)
1814, underglaze blue sceptre mark, impressed L (?)
With campana handle, painted in sepia with portraits of King Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia, Emperor Franz Josef of Austria and Tsar Alexander of Russia within a gilt palm and berried laurel wreath inscribed in gilt above Heil Euch im Siegerkranz!, the saucer with a map of Paris inscribed in gilt Einzug in Paris 31 Maerz 1814, gilt line rims (minute chip to footrim of cup)
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