Lot 548
  • 548

A Meissen slop bowl and two teabowls and saucers, circa 1735-40

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

Description

  • porcelain
  • the slop bowl 16.3cm., 6 in. diam.
the slop bowl painted with two quatrefoil panels of merchants on horseback travelling through rocky landscapes, separated by two sprays of indianische-Blumen, the interior with a purple-camaïeu landscape, one teabowl and saucer similarly painted with panels of figures in landscapes and sprays of indianishe-Blumen, the other teabowl and saucer with Kauffahrtei scenes within gilt-scroll borders framed by painted insects and flowers, together with a Meissen shaped oval stand similarly painted with Merchants and their wares, gilt-scroll borders, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed numeral 8 to slop bowl, gilded letter B. to one teabowl and saucer,

Condition

The slopbowl, there is some scattered flaking to the gilding on the rim and to the quatrefoil frame of the purple landscape of the interior, otherwise no other damage noted; the teabowl and saucer painted with insects, there is a flat chip to the footrim of the teabowl; the other teabowl and saucer, there is some typical minor wear to the gilded border of the landscape scene of the saucer; The shaped oval stand, in good condition, no damage noted.
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