Lot 135
135
A Berlin (KPM) micro-mosaic octagonal coffee-cup and saucer
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A Berlin (KPM) micro-mosaic octagonal coffee-cup and saucer

CIRCA 1815, BLUE SCEPTRE MARKS AND INDISTINCT INCISED MARKS

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A Berlin (KPM) micro-mosaic octagonal coffee-cup and saucer
Circa 1815, blue sceptre marks and indistinct incised marks
The cup with high loop handle, painted with four panels of birds on branches against a blue ground divided by green panels of flaming tripod censers on a richly gilt ground with bands of stylised flowerheads and radiating gadroons with alternating panels of vermiculé ornament, the interior richly gilt, the saucer similarly decorated abour a central floral medallion
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Lot Essay

This cup and saucer is almost certainly from the service illustrated by Erich Köllmann and Margarete Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan (Munich, 1987), Vol. II, fig 462, formerly in the Wadsack Collection and sold in these Rooms on 1st May 2002, lot 110.

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