Sale 6965
London
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6 December 2004
Price realised
GBP 777
Estimate
A MEISSEN CORAL-GROUND TEACUP AND SAUCER CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARKS, PRESSNUMMER 30 TO CUP AND 11 TO SAUCER En suite to the preceding, the cup exterior reserved with an estuary scene with a galleon, a village and fortifications, within a similar elongated shaped quatrefoil cartouche, the white loop handle with gilt husks, the interior with a girl on a rocky coastline before dilapidated buildings within a double concentric iron-red circle cartouche, the saucer with a fisherman on a rocky outcrop before a boat and distant village within a similar cartouche, the underside with a coral red ground, gilt line rims (teacup handle restuck, very slight wear to gilding and minute areas of wear to ground, saucer with restored rim chip at 2 o'clock, areas of slight wear)
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