Lot 824
  • 824

A Meissen coffee pot and cover, circa 1740-45

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Porcelain
  • 22.9cm., 8 5/8 in. high
painted on each side with figures in a landscape, within a gilt shell scroll and foliate cartouche, surrounded by scattered flowers and insects, the cover with a continuous landscape scene, gilt scrollwork borders, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 20, gilt numeral 67. to both,

Condition

In good condition. There is a glaze crazing line to the teapot, otherwise no other damage noted.
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