A WÜRZBURG TWO-HANDLED QUATREFOIL SUGAR-BOWL AND COVER , 1775-80 | Christie's

Sale 7554

European Ceramics and Glass Including the Property of a Collector

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31 March 2008

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Lot 111

A WÜRZBURG TWO-HANDLED QUATREFOIL SUGAR-BOWL AND COVER

1775-80

Price realised

GBP 1,000

Estimate

GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500

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A WÜRZBURG TWO-HANDLED QUATREFOIL SUGAR-BOWL AND COVER
1775-80
Of compressed form, with entwined stylised dolphin handles and cone finial, supported on four scroll feet, moulded with borders of scrolls, beading and stylised acanthus, painted in a pale palette with vignettes of fortified buildings in estuary landscapes, within gilt line rims (finial restuck, one foot replaced with some associated overpainting, stained star-cracks to base)
5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) wide
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Lot Essay

For pieces from a very similar service, see Hans-Peter Trenschel and Ludwig Wamser, Würzburger Porzellan, Maninfränkisches Museum, Würzburg, 11th - 14th December 1986, Exhibition Catalogue (Würzburg, 1986), cat. nos. 25, 28 & 29, and p. 141 and p. 81 for colour illustrations of a teapot of related form.

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