CIRCA 1775, BLUE SCEPTRE MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED AND INCISED MARKS

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A BERLIN (K.P.M.) TETE A TETE
CIRCA 1775, BLUE SCEPTRE MARKS, VARIOUS IMPRESSED AND INCISED MARKS
Finely painted in coloured enamels with figures after Watteau in grisaille wooded landscapes, some scenes with characters from the Commedia dell'Arte with herms in the background, the spouts, wishbone handles and tray handles moulded with scrolling foliage enriched in gilding, the spouts and tray handles with flower-sprays, the tray handles also enriched in pink, comprising:

A baluster coffee-pot and domed cover (cover with restored rim chips, slight chipping to finial, stem of finial restored)
A bullet-shaped teapot and cover (restored spout, slight wear to gilt rim, finial with slight chipping and restuck, some flaking to green enamel on terminal stem)
A sugar-bowl and cover (slight chipping to finial, very small flake to green enamel of terminal stem)
A milk-jug and cover (very slight chipping to finial)
Two cups and saucers (one saucer with crack from rim with minute associated loss at rim, very slight wear to gilt rims)
A two-handled oval tray, the figures probably painted by a different hand (broken through and restored)
The tray 14 3/16 in. (36 cm.) wide (7)

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Lot Essay

The inspiration for the subjects were the paintings of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721). In some instances, figures were used exactly as conceived by Watteau and in others, elements from compositions were extracted and rearranged to create new groupings. See Emile Dacier & Albert Vuaflart, Jean de Jullienne et les Gravures de Watteau au XVIIIe Siècle, Catalogue Raisonné (Paris, 1931). A Berlin part tea and coffee-service painted in eisenrot with figures after Watteau was sold in these Rooms on 9th July 2001, lot 265.

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