Sale 1376
New York
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19 May 2004
Price realised
USD 2,151
Estimate
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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