Lot Essay
For another cup with the subject of 'Plenty', see Velijko Marton, Viennese Porcelain cups and saucers, Samobar, 2007, p.80, no. 54.
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CIRCA 1792-1800, BLUE SHIELD MARKS, IMPRESSED DATE CODES, VARIOUS GILDED NUMERALS
Details
THREE VIENNA (SORGENTHAL) COFFEE-CANS AND SAUCERS
CIRCA 1792-1800, BLUE SHIELD MARKS, IMPRESSED DATE CODES, VARIOUS GILDED NUMERALS
The first cup and saucer painted with classical maidens in gilt lozenges reserved against salmon-pink grounds gilt with scrolling foliage, the second cup with a classical maiden emblematic of Plenty accompanied by two putti, the third decorated with gilt-tooled scrolling flowering foliage on a blue ground
CIRCA 1792-1800, BLUE SHIELD MARKS, IMPRESSED DATE CODES, VARIOUS GILDED NUMERALS
The first cup and saucer painted with classical maidens in gilt lozenges reserved against salmon-pink grounds gilt with scrolling foliage, the second cup with a classical maiden emblematic of Plenty accompanied by two putti, the third decorated with gilt-tooled scrolling flowering foliage on a blue ground
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Geneva, 15 November 1988, lots 29 and 30.
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