Lot 820
  • 820

A Meissen coffee pot and cover, and a Meissen teapot and cover en suite, circa 1735

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Porcelain
  • the coffee pot and cover, 22cm., 8 1/2 in; the teapot and cover, 9cm., 3 1/2 in. high
each painted with two large reserves of figures in extensive river landscapes within quatrefoil frames filled with Böttger lustre picked out in gilding, embellished with iron-red and purple scrollwork, the domed covers with similar scenes within red line borders, the spouts burnished gilt, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue and gilder's numeral 69. to both,

Provenance

With Kunsthandel Dr. Dagmar Holz, Königswinter

Condition

Teapot: There is faint hairline crack around the whole circumference of the lower terminal of the handle. Coffee pot and cover: In good condition, no damage noted.
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