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A Höchst porcelain two-handled cruet set, circa 1755

Lot Closed

May 26, 01:15 PM GMT

Estimate

800 - 1,200 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A Höchst porcelain two-handled cruet set

circa 1755


comprising: a shaped-oval two-handled stand pierced with two apertures divided by two incised roundels each pierced, and oil and vinegar jugs and covers, moulded with spiral fluting, with bird's head spouts, painted in purpurmalerei and colours with vignettes of buidlings in landscape and rustic figures, underglaze blue crowned wheel marks to stand and bottles, impressed I to bottles, impressed IH to stand

17.5 cm., 6⅞ in. high, 24.2 cm., 9in. wide

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See Röder, K. and Oppenheim, M., Das Höchster Porzellan auf der Jahrausend-Austellung in Mainz 1925, Mainz, 1930, tafeln 122a and c, nr. 691 for related forms.