Lot Essay
A detail of this teapot is illustrated on p. 110.
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CIRCA 1725, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO TEAPOT, GILDER'S MARK OF A DOT TO BOTH PIECES
Details
A MEISSEN BULLET-SHAPED TEAPOT AND COVER
CIRCA 1725, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO TEAPOT, GILDER'S MARK OF A DOT TO BOTH PIECES
Painted in Eisenrot with a continuous harbour scene of figures among ruined columns before ships and fortified towers, below a gilt Laub-und-Bandelwerk border, the richly gilt curved spout issuing from a mask terminal, the loop handle with foliate terminals, the domed cover with conforming decoration below a gilt onion finial (slightly re-touched rim chip adjacent to handle of teapot, areas of wear to top edge of rim and underside edge of cover, further very slight wear to gilding)
5 1/8 in. (12.8 cm.)
CIRCA 1725, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK TO TEAPOT, GILDER'S MARK OF A DOT TO BOTH PIECES
Painted in Eisenrot with a continuous harbour scene of figures among ruined columns before ships and fortified towers, below a gilt Laub-und-Bandelwerk border, the richly gilt curved spout issuing from a mask terminal, the loop handle with foliate terminals, the domed cover with conforming decoration below a gilt onion finial (slightly re-touched rim chip adjacent to handle of teapot, areas of wear to top edge of rim and underside edge of cover, further very slight wear to gilding)
5 1/8 in. (12.8 cm.)
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