Property of a Private British Collector
A Meissen oval sugar box and cover, circa 1730-35
Lot Closed
November 12, 02:12 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
the box painted on each side with a harbour scene of merchants and their wares on quaysides within a quatrefoil cartouche with Böttger-lustre panels issuing gilt, puce and iron-red scrolls, each end with indianische Blumen, the cover with two similar harbour scenes above a gilt scroll border, with a gilt kylin finial, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gilt T. to both pieces
Width 12.5 cm., 4 5/8 in.
Cranfield University used non-invasive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected, a result consistent with 18th century manufacture.
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