A Meissen oval sugar box and cover circa 1728-30

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Description

crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gilt numeral 53. to both
12cm., 4 3/4 in. across

finely painted with a continuous Kauffahrtei scene of merchants and their wares by a quayside, between gilt borders, the cover with a similar scene within a gilt scrollwork cartouche embellished with Böttger lustre

Provenance

Anonymous sale in these Rooms, 14th March 1967, lot 101;
With Albert Amor