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Lot 25
  • 25

A Meissen two-handled beaker or chocolate cup, cover and stand, circa 1745-50

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • porcelain
  • the beaker and cover, 13cm., 5 1/8 in. high, the stand 17.6cm., 7 /8 in. diam.
the beaker affixed with two branch handles, and the cover surmounted with a flower finial, each piece painted with two vignettes of Watteauesque figures in landscapes, alternating with small flower sprays, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, gilded numeral 35.,

Provenance

With Hans H. Mischell Antiquitäten, Dortmund;
Acquired from the above in October 1964.