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    Sale 1376

    Important European Furniture, Works of Art, Tapestries,

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    19 May 2004

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    • A PEWTER-MOUNTED GERMAN FAYENC
    Lot 5

    A PEWTER-MOUNTED GERMAN FAYENCE WALZENKRUG

    MANGANESE SCRIPT T MARK, POSSIBLY FOR DRESDEN, THE COVER WITH THREE IMPRESSED MARKS, 18TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    USD 2,151

    Estimate

    USD 2,000 - USD 3,000

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    A PEWTER-MOUNTED GERMAN FAYENCE WALZENKRUG
    MANGANESE SCRIPT T MARK, POSSIBLY FOR DRESDEN, THE COVER WITH THREE IMPRESSED MARKS, 18TH CENTURY
    Painted between concentric blue lines with Chinoiserie figures flanking flowering branches issuing from a two-handled urn, a lobster and a staff in the hands of the figure on the left, this central scene flanked by entwined trees in turn flanked by similar flowering branches, the hinged pewter cover with ball thumb-rest, pewter footrim lacking
    10 in. (25.4 cm.) high overall

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