Lot 244
  • 244

Two Meissen porcelain teacups with their saucers, 18th century, circa 1740-45

Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 EUR
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Description

  • porcelain
  • Haut. 7,5 cm. et 6,5 cm., diam. 13,3 cm. et 12 cm. ; Height 3 in. and 2 1/2 in., diam. 5 in. and 4 3/4 in.
with a polychrome flower bouquet and insects on a yellow background, with golden rows on one and brown rows on the other, marked with the blue crossed swords; (a crack to one saucer)

Condition

The illustration of the catalogue is accurate. The cup with narcissus, carnations, pansies circa 1740, the other circa 1745. There is a small crack of 4 cm. in the middle of the saucer from the 1740's.
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