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CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND DREHER'S IMPRESSED CIRCLES, GILDER'S 56. TO BOTH, THE MOUNT CONTEMPORARY
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A Meissen silver-gilt-mounted Chinoiserie teapot and cover
Circa 1735, blue crossed swords mark and Dreher's impressed circles, gilder's 56. to both, the mount contemporary
The wishbone handle moulded and incised with gilt foliage, a gilt and red-striped shell thumbpiece and iron-red husks, the scrolling spout of octagonal section moulded and incised with scrolling foliage terminating in a bird's head with a red mouth, the body painted by C.F. Herold with a continuous scene of Orientals and a blackamoor at various pursuits on a terrace with tables, pedestals, grasses, flowering shrubs and a palm-tree above a double iron-red line border, the shallow domed cover with two Orientals and a gilt cone finial within a double concentric red circle cartouche, gilt band rims, the handle and cover joined by a silver-gilt chain (areas of very slight wear to gilding and enamels, teapot with a minute rim chip and small chip to flange of interior, cover with three small rim chips)
4 in. (10 cm.) high
Circa 1735, blue crossed swords mark and Dreher's impressed circles, gilder's 56. to both, the mount contemporary
The wishbone handle moulded and incised with gilt foliage, a gilt and red-striped shell thumbpiece and iron-red husks, the scrolling spout of octagonal section moulded and incised with scrolling foliage terminating in a bird's head with a red mouth, the body painted by C.F. Herold with a continuous scene of Orientals and a blackamoor at various pursuits on a terrace with tables, pedestals, grasses, flowering shrubs and a palm-tree above a double iron-red line border, the shallow domed cover with two Orientals and a gilt cone finial within a double concentric red circle cartouche, gilt band rims, the handle and cover joined by a silver-gilt chain (areas of very slight wear to gilding and enamels, teapot with a minute rim chip and small chip to flange of interior, cover with three small rim chips)
4 in. (10 cm.) high
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