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CIRCA 1750, BLUE SHIELD MARKS, IMPRESSED O AND 5 TO KETTLE, O AND 6 TO TEABOWL, 10 AND ·· TO SAUCER
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A VIENNA SMALL TEAPOT AND A COVER AND A TEABOWL AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1750, BLUE SHIELD MARKS, IMPRESSED O AND 5 TO KETTLE, O AND 6 TO TEABOWL, 10 AND ·· TO SAUCER
The teapot of bullet-shaped kettle form with a gilt foliage-moulded beast's head spout, the incised high loop handle with meandering gilt foliage and applied gilt flowerhead terminals, each side painted with dilapidated buildings in wooded landscapes below a Gitterwerk border (base of handle with crack and firing cracks, cover with finial restuck and restored chip to underside of rim), the teabowl and saucer similarly decorated, with a figures, towers, classical ruins, dilipidated arches and a pyramid, with similar gilt borders and gilt line rims (teabowl with wear to gilt rim and minute wear to enamels, saucer with minute wear to gilt rim)
The teapot 5 7/8 in. (14.8 cm.) high (3)
CIRCA 1750, BLUE SHIELD MARKS, IMPRESSED O AND 5 TO KETTLE, O AND 6 TO TEABOWL, 10 AND ·· TO SAUCER
The teapot of bullet-shaped kettle form with a gilt foliage-moulded beast's head spout, the incised high loop handle with meandering gilt foliage and applied gilt flowerhead terminals, each side painted with dilapidated buildings in wooded landscapes below a Gitterwerk border (base of handle with crack and firing cracks, cover with finial restuck and restored chip to underside of rim), the teabowl and saucer similarly decorated, with a figures, towers, classical ruins, dilipidated arches and a pyramid, with similar gilt borders and gilt line rims (teabowl with wear to gilt rim and minute wear to enamels, saucer with minute wear to gilt rim)
The teapot 5 7/8 in. (14.8 cm.) high (3)
Provenance
With A. Torre, from whom they were purchased in 1962.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.