Sale 1794
New York
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24 January 2007
Price realised
USD 9,000
Estimate
A PART TEA SERVICE FOR THE DUTCH MARKET CIRCA 1770 Each piece decorated en grisaille with a ship with a figural masthead and billowing Dutch flags, the rims with rope-twist bands, comprising: A teapot and cover A tea caddy and cover A sugar bowl and cover A coffee cup and saucer Two teabowls and saucers Two saucer dishes, 6 1/8 and 8¼ in. (15.5 and 21 cm.) diameter Together with a teabowl featuring a ship with a British flag and a crested teabowl with the motto ARMA TUENTUR PACEM and bianco-sopra-bianco flower decoration 8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) diameter, the largest saucer dish (16)
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