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Above and opposite
A cylindrical hot chocolate-pot and cover, with a gilt foliage-moulded scroll spout and foliage-moulded handle, painted with a naval skirmish, with seamen saving themselves from sinking galleons, the shore with rocks and fortified buildings, the foreground with a fort with butressed walls and turrets, the curved shoulder with Kakiemon flowerheads and flower-sprays above the gilt border, the flat circular cover with a 'salami'-pattern medallion about a pierced circular aperture (wear to gilt border at shoulder, small areas of wear and flaking to gilding on spout and handle)
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Above left
A bullet-shaped teapot and cover, the tip of the foliage-moulded scroll gilt spout moulded with a bird's head, the wishbone handle with gilt shell thumbpiece, painted with a military encampment near a village, with soldiers at rest by tents, drums and barrels, the foreground with a woman breast-feeding an infant flanked by two soldiers, the shallow domed cover with gilt pine cone finial flanked by two vignettes within double concentric iron-red circles and a gilt band rim (minute areas of wear to gilding at extremities)
Above right:
An ogival quatrefoil spoontray, painted with figures by a shore with trees and a tower within a double iron-red line ogival quatrefoil cartouche (wear to gilt border at rim, centre with some minute areas of wear to enamels and gilding)
Opposite:
A baluster hot milk-jug and cover, with a fluted curved gilt spout, the wishbone handle with gilt shell thumbpiece, painted with a town on the shores of an estuary, with figures at various pursuits by a palace, classical buildings, an arched gatehouse and other fortifications, the shallow domed cover with a gilt bud finial flanked by two vignettes, one with soldiers encamped outside fortifications, within double concentric iron-red circles and a gilt band rim (minute areas of wear to gilding, spout with re-touching to gilding)
Overleaf, illustrated with a detail:
A rectangular teacaddy and a later silver-gilt cover, each side painted with a different scene, one with a battle, another with boating figures on an estuary, another with soldiers at discussion before tents and another with merchants at discussion on a quayside by a fort, the gold ground of the flat shoulder reserved with a shaped rectangular panel with four Kakiemon flower-sprays about the low neck (wear to gilt border at shoulder, wear to gilding at corners of footrim and shoulder)
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Previous page, illustrated with a detail:
A circular sugar-bowl and cover, painted with a fortified settlement perched on a rock above an estuary with boats, the other shore with gentlemen at discussion before a magnificent town with fortified walls and numerous spires, the domed cover with a gilt branch finial applied with coloured flowers and flanked by two vignettes within a double concentric iron-red circle cartouche and gilt border (cover with wear to gilt border at rim, finial with minute chipping to petals of top flower)
Opposite and above:
A slop-bowl, painted with a naval battle with galleons firing canons and seamen fighting in small boats, the shore with the siege of a castle, the scene partly shrouded by smoke from canon-fire, the interior with a Purpurmalerei vignette with figures by an estuary within a double concentric circle cartouche (wear to gilt border at rim, minute flake to blue enamel of arms)
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Above:
Detail of signature on teabowl
Opposite page:
A documentary teabowl and saucer, the teabowl painted with two galleons being shipwrecked in a storm on a rocky coastline, both flying the Saxon flag and being overcome by enormous waves, sailors swimming to safety nearby, two further galleons in distress in the distance, the foreground with figures and rocks almost in silhouette, one large boulder with the inscription BGH Pings, the saucer with a tranquil estuary scene with boating figures by a galleon (saucer with minute chipping to footrim)
Left:
Detail of an interior of a teabowl
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Top: detail of signature on teabowl opposite
Above left: detail of signature on teabowl overleaf, top left
Below left: detail of signature on teabowl overleaf, top right
Opposite:
A documentary teabowl and saucer, the teabowl painted with a soldier and companion at discussion by tents in a military encampment in a wooded river landscape, the foreground with figures and a horse almost in silhouette, a rock in the foreground to the left bearing the signature BGH. Ping., the saucer with merchants at discussion, wrapping cargo and repairing sails on the banks of an estuary
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A documentary teabowl, painted with galleons in battle, one flying the Saxon flag, with seamen in the sea and clouds of smoke from canon-fire, the foreground with a sinking galleon, the foreground of the other side with a rocky promontary bearing the signature .B.G.H. Pings before a distant coast with two towers (areas of wear to gilt rim)
A documentary teabowl and saucer, the teabowl painted with an estuary scene, the shore with merchants at discussion, at rest and unloading cargo from boats by a dilapidated tower, the foreground with rocks almost in silhouette, one bearing the signature B.G.H. Pings, before distant galleons, the saucer with merchants at various pursuits, including repairing sails, on the banks of an estuary (some slight staining to footrim of teabowl and underside of saucer, small area of wear to enamels of well of saucer)
A documentary teabowl and saucer, the teabowl painted with a military encampment on the banks of a river, with figures at various pursuits by tents and a cart, the foreground with barrels, wicker fences, rocks and canonballs almost in silhouette, a figure attending to a canon, the foreground near the river bearing the signature B.G.H. Pings, the saucer with figures at various pursuits, including repairing sails, by a dilapidated castle on the banks of an estuary
A teabowl and saucer painted with estuary scenes, the teabowl with merchants at various pursuits on the banks of an estuary, the foreground with a turreted fort with a large arch and a dilapidated tower, a windmill on the opposite bank, the saucer with merchants at various pursuits, including mending sails, among barrels and sacks
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A teabowl and saucer painted with estuary scenes, the teabowl with a naval skirmish with a boating figures around a galleon, clouds of canon-smoke, figures being blown up and the sails of a sinking galleon just beyond, the saucer with boating figures a by a galleon, its elaborate iron-red stern with the crowned arms of Saxony
A teabowl and saucer, the teabowl painted with a military encampment on the banks of an estuary, the foreground with rocks almost in silhouette, the saucer with a winter scene with figures skating on a frozen estuary, the bank with a small farm, a windmill and central tree, the distance with a horse pulling a sleigh
A teabowl and saucer, the teabowl painted with a military encampment with soldiers at various pursuits among tents before distant fortifications, the foreground with two figures by a drum and rocks almost in silhouette, the saucer with merchants at various pursuits by dilapidated fortifications, the estuary with boating figures and distant ships
A teabowl and saucer, the teabowl with figures at various pursuits on the banks of an estuary, the foreground with two figures seated by rocks almost in silhouette, the saucer with merchants at various pursuits among barrels and sacks, one figure leading a camel, before moored boats and a large galleon on the estuary nearby
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A teabowl and saucer, the teabowl with a wooded landscape with figures repairing a boat in dry-dock near timbered thatched buildings with a timbered tower, the saucer with figures at rest before a castle with a windmill beyond the ramparts, with boating figures on an estuary nearby (minute area of wear to centre of saucer)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with figures at various pursuits near a military encampment, one figure leading a horse, the foreground with two figures lurking behind a rocky mound almost in silhouette, a wicker basket and a monument with a low-relief panel nearby, the saucer with merchants at various pursuits among barrels and packages by a dilapidated tower on the banks of an estuary (minute area of wear to centre of saucer)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a naval skirmish on an estuary before a distant town, the foreground with a turreted fortress almost in silhouette, the saucer with merchants at various pursuits by a dilapidated tower and boats on the banks of an estuary
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a naval skirmish on an estuary before a distant village below cliffs, the figures fighting in two small boats before a galleon, two figures signalling a distant galleon with horns, the saucer with figures among classical ruins by a tower in a wooded landscape (cup with minute flake to blue enamel of arms)
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A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a naval skirmish on an estuary, with ferocious fighting on a number of small boats among clouds of smoke from musket-fire before a galleon, another galleon nearby firing its canons, the foreground with a pile of baskets, a canon, a barrel and canon balls almost in silhouette, the saucer with merchants before a dilapidated tower on the banks of an estuary (saucer with flake to blue enamel of arms and small area of wear near well)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a skirmish between two galleons on an estuary, one flying the Saxon flag and with smoking canons, the other sinking with only its sails visible, the foreground almost in silhouette with figures by a large observation tower, the saucer with merchants at various pursuits by dilapidated fortifications on the banks of an estuary (some very slight staining to saucer)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a naval skirmish on an estuary, with ferocious fighting on a number of small boats before galleons, the figures shrouded by clouds of smoke from musket and canon-fire, the foreground with two gentlemen at discussion by rocks and a basket almost in silhouette, a magnificent town in the distance, the saucer with merchants before dilapidated buildings on the banks of an estuary (saucer with two small areas of wear to enamels)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with figures on a quayside near a village, the foreground with three figures on a mound before a ship at anchor, the estuary with boating figures and distant ships beyond, the saucer with finely dressed figures at discussion in the gardens of an Italianate palace (cup with rim chip above arms)
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A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a skirmish with soldiers on horseback fighting with pistols and swords before a distant military encampment, the foreground with a dead Turk fallen from his horse by a broken monument before ruins with an arch, the saucer with figures in the gardens of a country house before a distant mountain (rim chip to underside of saucer)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with figures by a dilapidated Roman triumphal arch in a wooded landscape, the foreground with a figure resting by a short knarled tree almost in silhouette before a distant village, the saucer with a Venetian scene with finely dressed figures boarding an elaborate barge from the steps of a palace (cup with restored rim chip, saucer with two small areas of slight wear to enamels)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a soldiers on horseback and at discussion by fortifications on the banks of an estuary, a military encampment to the left below a castle on a rocky promontory by a fortified town, the foreground almost in silhouette with two figures, one in a boat, the saucer figures by a dilapidated tower and buildings in a river landscape (saucer with very slight areas of wear to enamels near tree)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a a military encampment by a hamlet on the banks of an estuary, the foreground with two soldiers by a conical tent before galleons and boats at anchor, the saucer with an estuary with boating figures below a dilapidated tower perched on an overgrown promontory (saucer with minute flaking to blue enamel of arms and some very slight staining to underside)
(teabowls, cups and saucers with wear to gilt rims, cups with some flaking and wear to gilt handles)
Above and opposite
A cylindrical hot chocolate-pot and cover, with a gilt foliage-moulded scroll spout and foliage-moulded handle, painted with a naval skirmish, with seamen saving themselves from sinking galleons, the shore with rocks and fortified buildings, the foreground with a fort with butressed walls and turrets, the curved shoulder with Kakiemon flowerheads and flower-sprays above the gilt border, the flat circular cover with a 'salami'-pattern medallion about a pierced circular aperture (wear to gilt border at shoulder, small areas of wear and flaking to gilding on spout and handle)
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Above left
A bullet-shaped teapot and cover, the tip of the foliage-moulded scroll gilt spout moulded with a bird's head, the wishbone handle with gilt shell thumbpiece, painted with a military encampment near a village, with soldiers at rest by tents, drums and barrels, the foreground with a woman breast-feeding an infant flanked by two soldiers, the shallow domed cover with gilt pine cone finial flanked by two vignettes within double concentric iron-red circles and a gilt band rim (minute areas of wear to gilding at extremities)
Above right:
An ogival quatrefoil spoontray, painted with figures by a shore with trees and a tower within a double iron-red line ogival quatrefoil cartouche (wear to gilt border at rim, centre with some minute areas of wear to enamels and gilding)
Opposite:
A baluster hot milk-jug and cover, with a fluted curved gilt spout, the wishbone handle with gilt shell thumbpiece, painted with a town on the shores of an estuary, with figures at various pursuits by a palace, classical buildings, an arched gatehouse and other fortifications, the shallow domed cover with a gilt bud finial flanked by two vignettes, one with soldiers encamped outside fortifications, within double concentric iron-red circles and a gilt band rim (minute areas of wear to gilding, spout with re-touching to gilding)
Overleaf, illustrated with a detail:
A rectangular teacaddy and a later silver-gilt cover, each side painted with a different scene, one with a battle, another with boating figures on an estuary, another with soldiers at discussion before tents and another with merchants at discussion on a quayside by a fort, the gold ground of the flat shoulder reserved with a shaped rectangular panel with four Kakiemon flower-sprays about the low neck (wear to gilt border at shoulder, wear to gilding at corners of footrim and shoulder)
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Previous page, illustrated with a detail:
A circular sugar-bowl and cover, painted with a fortified settlement perched on a rock above an estuary with boats, the other shore with gentlemen at discussion before a magnificent town with fortified walls and numerous spires, the domed cover with a gilt branch finial applied with coloured flowers and flanked by two vignettes within a double concentric iron-red circle cartouche and gilt border (cover with wear to gilt border at rim, finial with minute chipping to petals of top flower)
Opposite and above:
A slop-bowl, painted with a naval battle with galleons firing canons and seamen fighting in small boats, the shore with the siege of a castle, the scene partly shrouded by smoke from canon-fire, the interior with a Purpurmalerei vignette with figures by an estuary within a double concentric circle cartouche (wear to gilt border at rim, minute flake to blue enamel of arms)
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to be put on page 11
Above:
Detail of signature on teabowl
Opposite page:
A documentary teabowl and saucer, the teabowl painted with two galleons being shipwrecked in a storm on a rocky coastline, both flying the Saxon flag and being overcome by enormous waves, sailors swimming to safety nearby, two further galleons in distress in the distance, the foreground with figures and rocks almost in silhouette, one large boulder with the inscription BGH Pings, the saucer with a tranquil estuary scene with boating figures by a galleon (saucer with minute chipping to footrim)
Left:
Detail of an interior of a teabowl
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Top: detail of signature on teabowl opposite
Above left: detail of signature on teabowl overleaf, top left
Below left: detail of signature on teabowl overleaf, top right
Opposite:
A documentary teabowl and saucer, the teabowl painted with a soldier and companion at discussion by tents in a military encampment in a wooded river landscape, the foreground with figures and a horse almost in silhouette, a rock in the foreground to the left bearing the signature BGH. Ping., the saucer with merchants at discussion, wrapping cargo and repairing sails on the banks of an estuary
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A documentary teabowl, painted with galleons in battle, one flying the Saxon flag, with seamen in the sea and clouds of smoke from canon-fire, the foreground with a sinking galleon, the foreground of the other side with a rocky promontary bearing the signature .B.G.H. Pings before a distant coast with two towers (areas of wear to gilt rim)
A documentary teabowl and saucer, the teabowl painted with an estuary scene, the shore with merchants at discussion, at rest and unloading cargo from boats by a dilapidated tower, the foreground with rocks almost in silhouette, one bearing the signature B.G.H. Pings, before distant galleons, the saucer with merchants at various pursuits, including repairing sails, on the banks of an estuary (some slight staining to footrim of teabowl and underside of saucer, small area of wear to enamels of well of saucer)
A documentary teabowl and saucer, the teabowl painted with a military encampment on the banks of a river, with figures at various pursuits by tents and a cart, the foreground with barrels, wicker fences, rocks and canonballs almost in silhouette, a figure attending to a canon, the foreground near the river bearing the signature B.G.H. Pings, the saucer with figures at various pursuits, including repairing sails, by a dilapidated castle on the banks of an estuary
A teabowl and saucer painted with estuary scenes, the teabowl with merchants at various pursuits on the banks of an estuary, the foreground with a turreted fort with a large arch and a dilapidated tower, a windmill on the opposite bank, the saucer with merchants at various pursuits, including mending sails, among barrels and sacks
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A teabowl and saucer painted with estuary scenes, the teabowl with a naval skirmish with a boating figures around a galleon, clouds of canon-smoke, figures being blown up and the sails of a sinking galleon just beyond, the saucer with boating figures a by a galleon, its elaborate iron-red stern with the crowned arms of Saxony
A teabowl and saucer, the teabowl painted with a military encampment on the banks of an estuary, the foreground with rocks almost in silhouette, the saucer with a winter scene with figures skating on a frozen estuary, the bank with a small farm, a windmill and central tree, the distance with a horse pulling a sleigh
A teabowl and saucer, the teabowl painted with a military encampment with soldiers at various pursuits among tents before distant fortifications, the foreground with two figures by a drum and rocks almost in silhouette, the saucer with merchants at various pursuits by dilapidated fortifications, the estuary with boating figures and distant ships
A teabowl and saucer, the teabowl with figures at various pursuits on the banks of an estuary, the foreground with two figures seated by rocks almost in silhouette, the saucer with merchants at various pursuits among barrels and sacks, one figure leading a camel, before moored boats and a large galleon on the estuary nearby
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A teabowl and saucer, the teabowl with a wooded landscape with figures repairing a boat in dry-dock near timbered thatched buildings with a timbered tower, the saucer with figures at rest before a castle with a windmill beyond the ramparts, with boating figures on an estuary nearby (minute area of wear to centre of saucer)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with figures at various pursuits near a military encampment, one figure leading a horse, the foreground with two figures lurking behind a rocky mound almost in silhouette, a wicker basket and a monument with a low-relief panel nearby, the saucer with merchants at various pursuits among barrels and packages by a dilapidated tower on the banks of an estuary (minute area of wear to centre of saucer)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a naval skirmish on an estuary before a distant town, the foreground with a turreted fortress almost in silhouette, the saucer with merchants at various pursuits by a dilapidated tower and boats on the banks of an estuary
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a naval skirmish on an estuary before a distant village below cliffs, the figures fighting in two small boats before a galleon, two figures signalling a distant galleon with horns, the saucer with figures among classical ruins by a tower in a wooded landscape (cup with minute flake to blue enamel of arms)
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A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a naval skirmish on an estuary, with ferocious fighting on a number of small boats among clouds of smoke from musket-fire before a galleon, another galleon nearby firing its canons, the foreground with a pile of baskets, a canon, a barrel and canon balls almost in silhouette, the saucer with merchants before a dilapidated tower on the banks of an estuary (saucer with flake to blue enamel of arms and small area of wear near well)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a skirmish between two galleons on an estuary, one flying the Saxon flag and with smoking canons, the other sinking with only its sails visible, the foreground almost in silhouette with figures by a large observation tower, the saucer with merchants at various pursuits by dilapidated fortifications on the banks of an estuary (some very slight staining to saucer)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a naval skirmish on an estuary, with ferocious fighting on a number of small boats before galleons, the figures shrouded by clouds of smoke from musket and canon-fire, the foreground with two gentlemen at discussion by rocks and a basket almost in silhouette, a magnificent town in the distance, the saucer with merchants before dilapidated buildings on the banks of an estuary (saucer with two small areas of wear to enamels)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with figures on a quayside near a village, the foreground with three figures on a mound before a ship at anchor, the estuary with boating figures and distant ships beyond, the saucer with finely dressed figures at discussion in the gardens of an Italianate palace (cup with rim chip above arms)
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A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a skirmish with soldiers on horseback fighting with pistols and swords before a distant military encampment, the foreground with a dead Turk fallen from his horse by a broken monument before ruins with an arch, the saucer with figures in the gardens of a country house before a distant mountain (rim chip to underside of saucer)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with figures by a dilapidated Roman triumphal arch in a wooded landscape, the foreground with a figure resting by a short knarled tree almost in silhouette before a distant village, the saucer with a Venetian scene with finely dressed figures boarding an elaborate barge from the steps of a palace (cup with restored rim chip, saucer with two small areas of slight wear to enamels)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a soldiers on horseback and at discussion by fortifications on the banks of an estuary, a military encampment to the left below a castle on a rocky promontory by a fortified town, the foreground almost in silhouette with two figures, one in a boat, the saucer figures by a dilapidated tower and buildings in a river landscape (saucer with very slight areas of wear to enamels near tree)
A cup and saucer, the cup painted with a a military encampment by a hamlet on the banks of an estuary, the foreground with two soldiers by a conical tent before galleons and boats at anchor, the saucer with an estuary with boating figures below a dilapidated tower perched on an overgrown promontory (saucer with minute flaking to blue enamel of arms and some very slight staining to underside)
(teabowls, cups and saucers with wear to gilt rims, cups with some flaking and wear to gilt handles)