Sale 10750
London
|
25 November 2014
Price realised
GBP 5,625
Estimate
A PAIR OF MEISSEN TWO-HANDLED BEAKERS AND SAUCERS CIRCA 1730, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, GILDER'S 39. TO EACH PIECE, BOTH SAUCERS WITH DREHER'S ++ TO FOOTRIM The beakers painted on each side with figures on quaysides in estuary landscapes within gilt scroll-edged cartouches with Böttger-lustre gilt-striped panels issuing iron-red and purple foliate scrolls, the saucers similarly decorated, one with skaters on a frozen river with buildings in the distance, the other with a sailing boat moored beside a ruined tower, the reverse with three sprays of indianische Blumen, with Gitterwerk borders to the rims (minor wear to gilding)
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