Bonhams 1793 : Two Meissen figural salts, early 19th century

Each modelled with three children around a large shell-shaped salt, one seated on a net with fish and a bucket of fish behind him, the other flanking the salt, the rectangular base raised on four circular feet, moulded with formal borders heightened in puce and gilding and a scroll motif on the front and back, 14cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, one with asterisk and II, the other with I, the second with impressed model number D.84., the first with painter's mark (one foot restored, tiny chips) (2)

Estimate:

£2,000 - 3,000
€2,300 - 3,500
US$ 3,100 - 4,700

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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