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CIRCA 1810, THE CUP WITH S.MOHN F:/1810. IN BLACK SCRIPT, INCISED P MARK, THE SAUCER WITH INCISED T MARK
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A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN SILHOUETTE COFFEE-CUP AND A SAUCER
CIRCA 1810, THE CUP WITH S.Mohn f:/1810. in BLACK SCRIPT, INCISED P MARK, THE SAUCER WITH INCISED T MARK
The coffee-cup painted by Samuel Mohn with a quarter-length portrait of a lady in profile to the right and wearing a lace-edged bodice, within a garland of gilt ivy leaves and tendrils, gilt band rims (small restored rim chip to cup, minor wear to gilding and very slight scratching to portrait) (2)
CIRCA 1810, THE CUP WITH S.Mohn f:/1810. in BLACK SCRIPT, INCISED P MARK, THE SAUCER WITH INCISED T MARK
The coffee-cup painted by Samuel Mohn with a quarter-length portrait of a lady in profile to the right and wearing a lace-edged bodice, within a garland of gilt ivy leaves and tendrils, gilt band rims (small restored rim chip to cup, minor wear to gilding and very slight scratching to portrait) (2)
Literature
Michael Newman, Die deutschen Porzellan-Manufakturen im 18. Jahrhundert (Brunswick, 1977), Vol. II, p. 204, pl. 118, where this cup and saucer is attributed to Gotha or Paris.
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