CIRCA 1800, BLUE SCEPTRE MARKS, VARIOUS INCISED AND IMPRESSED MARKS

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A BERLIN NEOCLASSICAL PART TETE-A-TETE
CIRCA 1800, BLUE SCEPTRE MARKS, VARIOUS INCISED AND IMPRESSED MARKS
PAINTED WITH SCENES INSPIRED BY ETRURIA AFTER JEAN LEMAIRE, WITH CLASSICAL FIGURES AND PUTTI AT VARIOUS PURSUITS ON TERRACES WITH VASES, STATUES, PLINTHS AND FLAMING ALTARS IN YELLOW-GROUND OVAL MEDALLIONS FLANKED BY LUSTRE PANELS AND GILT FOLIAGE, BETWEEN BORDERS OF BROAD BLUE BANDS AND NARROW LUSTRE AND GILT BANDS, GILT RIMS, COMPRISING:
A CYLINDRICAL COFFEE-POT AND COVER
A CYLINDRICAL TEAPOT AND COVER (SPOUT BROKEN OFF AND RESTUCK, TIP RESTUCK AND WITH ASSOCIATED CRACK AND SMALL CHIP)
A CYLINDRICAL JUG AND COVER
A CYLINDRICAL TEACADDY AND COVER
A FLARED CIRCULAR SUGAR-BOWL AND COVER
TWO FLARED CIRCULAR CUPS AND SAUCERS
(AREAS OF SLIGHT WEAR TO LUSTRE AND GILDING THROUGHOUT)

Provenance

JOHN A. TULK ESQ., OF RUXBURY, CHERTSEY.
GIVEN TO THE PRESENT OWNER AS A WEDDING PRESENT ON 16TH SEPTEMBER 1951.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

A VERY SIMILAR TêTE-à-TêTE FROM THE DR. SALI GUGGENHEIM COLLECTION WAS SOLD BY CHRISTIE'S ZüRICH ON 15 MAY 1995, LOT 61. A TEA AND COFFEE-SERVICE WITH DIFFERENT FORMS BUT VERY SIMILAR HETRURISCHEN FIGUREN AFTER JEAN LEMAIRE IS IN THE BERLIN MUSEUM, AND IS ILLUSTRATED BY ERICH KöLLMANN AND MARGARETE JARCHOW, BERLINER PORZELLAN (MUNICH, 1987), P. 533, NO. 453.

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