12 Dec 2012
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Fine European Ceramics and Glass
Back to auction 19611
Fine European Ceramics and Glass
Back to auction 19611
A rare Meissen tray with six cups, circa 1740
Of trefoil form raised on four scroll feet and applied with a handle at the base, finely painted with an extensive river landscape within a brown-edged gilt border with a scrollwork motif at the top, the rim with a band of gilt foliate scrollwork interspersed with leaves and flowerheads, the handle with an elaborate scrollwork motif in gilding and iron-red and a leaf on the reverse, the cups with continuous landscape scenes, similar scenes on the inside within iron-red concentric circles, gilt-edged scroll handles and similar gilt scrollwork borders to the rims, the tray: 29.1cm including handle, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed 26 to tray (7)
Estimate:
£15,000 - 20,000
€18,000 - 23,000
US$ 23,000 - 31,000
€18,000 - 23,000
US$ 23,000 - 31,000
Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics
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Nette Megens
Bonhams
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United Kingdom
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European Ceramics