Lot 40
  • 40

A rare pair of Frankenthal figural salts circa 1765

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • crowned CT monograms and AB in underglaze-blue, incised letters
  • 11.1cm., 4 3/8 in. across
each figure seated on the edge of two oval yellow baskets with flower sprigs to the interior, the youth wearing a blue and purple-striped jacket, his companion with flowers in her hands and apron, her skirt painted with flowers, the grassy bases edged witrh scrollwork heightened in gilding and purple

Catalogue Note

Similar models are illustrated by F.H. Hofmann, Frankenthaler Porzellan, vol.II, pl.164, nos.638 and 639.