Lot 128
128
A Frankenthal Chinoiserie teacup and saucer and a Nymphenburg teacup and saucer
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A Frankenthal Chinoiserie teacup and saucer and a Nymphenburg teacup and saucer

CIRCA 1765 AND 1770, THE FIRST WITH CROWNED CT MARK IN BLUE INCISED H2 TO TEACUP AND IMPRESSED 2 0 TO SAUCER, THE SECOND WITH IMPRESSED SHIELD MARKS AND IMPRESSED I. TO BOTH

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A Frankenthal Chinoiserie teacup and saucer and a Nymphenburg teacup and saucer
Circa 1765 and 1770, the first with crowned CT mark in blue incised H2 to teacup and impressed 2 0 to saucer, the second with impressed shield marks and impressed I. to both
The first painted with a chinoiserie figure smoking a pipe and holding a bell-toy among shrubs and grasses supported on a gilt scroll half-cartouche with garlands of purple foliage surrounded by scattered flower-sprays within a gilt loop and pendant flowerhead border; the Nymphenburg teacup with grisaille goats within a gilt half-cartouche, the interior decorated in sepia with a bearded man above a diaper cartouche, the saucer with Tobias and the angel supported by a similar cartouche within a broad diaper and gilt pendant trefoil border (some wear to gilding of cup) (2)
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Lot Essay

For the first, see the example almost certainly from the same service and from the Dr. Joseph Kler Collection sold by Christie's New York on 27th April 1984, lot 113, and for the second, see the similar example, also from the Kler Collection, lot 111.

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