Lot 115
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A MEISSEN GOLD-GROUND TWO-HANDLED BEAKER AND SAUCER
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A MEISSEN GOLD-GROUND TWO-HANDLED BEAKER AND SAUCER

CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, DREHER'S QUARTERED CIRCLE TO SAUCER

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A MEISSEN GOLD-GROUND TWO-HANDLED BEAKER AND SAUCER
CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, DREHER'S QUARTERED CIRCLE TO SAUCER
The gold ground reserved with branches of flowering peony and chrysanthemum, the centre of the saucer with chrysanthemum and peony within a circular cartouche, the border reserved with Sgraffito interlocking scrolls, the interior of the beaker richly gilt and with an iron-red border reserved with half flowerheads (saucer with two small restored rim chips, one issuing hairline crack to centre, rim with areas of decoration worn away, beaker with slight scratches to gilt interior and glazed footrim chip dating from time of manufacture)
Provenance
King Umberto of Italy, sale Christie's Geneva, 7th June 1968, lot 38
Anon., sale Christie's Geneva, 30th April 1975, lot 153 (part)
Anon., sale Sotheby's Geneva, 9th November 1987, lot 77.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

It has been suggested that there are only six beakers and saucers of this type known, although there is some uncertainty as to whether there are others. A beaker and saucer from this service now in the Hoffmeister Collection is illustrated by D. Hoffmeister, Katalog der Sammlung Hoffmeister (Hamburg, 1999), Vol. II, no. 292, where he cites the other known examples.

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