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    BRITISH AND CONTINENTAL CERAMICS

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    6 December 2004

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    • A MEISSEN CORAL-GROUND TEACUP
    Lot 432

    A MEISSEN CORAL-GROUND TEACUP AND SAUCER

    CIRCA 1765, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARKS, PRESSNUMMER 30 TO CUP AND 11 TO SAUCER

    Price realised

    GBP 777

    Estimate

    GBP 600 - GBP 1,000

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    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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