Lot Essay
See C. Scholten, Haags Porselein, Zwolle, 2000, p.108, ill.41 for a similar écritoire stand (with the original covers), p.57, ill.47 and p.102, ill.27 for similar Roman cameo profile decoration.
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1785-1790, THE STAND AND SAUCER MARKED WITH OVERGLAZE BLUE STORK
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A the Hague decorated Ansbach porcelain neoclassical écritoire stand and a teabowl and saucer
1785-1790, the stand and saucer marked with overglaze blue stork
(Inktstel) gilt and painted in colours with small flower bouquets, the shaped stand with central candleholder modelled as a classical pillar with pink drapery, the sander and inkwell with central cylindrical border modelled with rosettes, the teabowl and saucer painted with medallions enclosing a grisaille cameo portrait in profile of a Roman Emperor flanked by floral garlands, with intertwined handle
The écritoire stand 23.5 cm. wide
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1785-1790, the stand and saucer marked with overglaze blue stork
(Inktstel) gilt and painted in colours with small flower bouquets, the shaped stand with central candleholder modelled as a classical pillar with pink drapery, the sander and inkwell with central cylindrical border modelled with rosettes, the teabowl and saucer painted with medallions enclosing a grisaille cameo portrait in profile of a Roman Emperor flanked by floral garlands, with intertwined handle
The écritoire stand 23.5 cm. wide
See illustrations (4)
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