A BERLIN QUATREFOIL SPOON-TRAY
A BERLIN QUATREFOIL SPOON-TRAY

UNDERGLAZE BLUE SCEPTRE MARK, PRESSNUMMER 29, CIRCA 1765-1768

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A BERLIN QUATREFOIL SPOON-TRAY
Underglaze blue sceptre mark, Pressnummer 29, circa 1765-1768
Each side painted with putti cavorting among clouds, two playing with a dove on a ring and another with a vine branch within gilt foliage scroll cartouches between two further cartouches with wreaths of flowers entwined with puce-edged ribbon and each suspended from a bow, all within a green scale-pattern and gilt striped border, gilt line rim
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
Label with AH monogram attached to base
A Century of Berlin (Dr.K.H.Wadsack Collection, Part I); Christie's, London, 1 May 2002, lot 43

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