A pair of Fürstenberg silhouette medallions circa 1785

Estimate

1,000 - 1,200 GBP

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Description

F in underglaze-blue, impressed W
8cm. diameter, 3 1/8 in.

each painted with the bust portrait of a gentleman or lady in right and left profile, respectively, within a gilt grooved and beaded border

Catalogue Note

For similar medallions of around 1781, painted with portraits of Prince Friedrich Ludwig and Princess Luise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, see K. Möller, Porzellan aus Fürstenberg, p.137, figs.153 and 154. See also the set of six Prussian Royal examples dated 1786, sold in our New Bond Street Rooms, 5th March 1985, lot 151.