Lot Essay
For an enamelled version of this model see Rainer Rückert, Meissner Porzellan 1710-1810, Munich, 1966, p. 258.
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MID-18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK
Details
A MEISSEN BOX AND COVER MODELLED AS A TORTOISE
MID-18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK
Naturalistically modelled standing on four feet, its shell forming the cover
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long (2)
MID-18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK
Naturalistically modelled standing on four feet, its shell forming the cover
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long (2)
Literature
W.B. Honey, Catalogue of the Porcelain and Pottery both Oriental and European in the Collection of Earl Spencer at Althorp, 1937, no. 594
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