Sale 7725
London, South Kensington
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18 September 1997
Price realised
GBP 575
Estimate
A Berlin dated cabinet cup and saucer the part glazed cylindrical cup with flared rim, three paw feet and a handle with leaf moulded terminals, painted with a church within two tone gilt rectangular stiff leaf panels, the saucers dated 1876 below the inscription 'Lafset die Kindlein zu mir kommen! Marci 10 v. 14' within moulded unglazed stiff leaf bands, the underside inscribed in gilt, underglaze blue sceptre and eagle marks
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