Lot 300
  • 300

A Böttger stoneware cover circa 1715

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • 10.8cm, 4¼in.,
domed and faceted, the top with an engraved and gilt crowned monogram within a wreath of ribboned palm fronds; and a Böttger lacquered saucer (cover broken across and re-stuck)

Provenance

The Gertrude J. and Robert T. Anderson collection, exhibited at Orlando Museum of Art, 1998, catalogue no. 2, page 18; sold at Christies, Meissen Porcelain from the Anderson Collection, 1st June 1992, lot 4. ( cover only)

Condition

cover broken across and re-stuck. Saucer with four rim chips.
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