An early Meissen Dutch-decorated teapot and cover, circa 1720, the decoration a little later
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A Meissen Dutch-decorated teapot and cover, circa 1720, the decoration a little later
With a scroll handle and serpent spout, painted in thickly-applied enamels with birds in flight above flowering peonies and prunus, the handle and spout embellished with scrollwork, the domed cover with similar flowering branches and a foliate motif to the top of the finial, 10.5cm high (2)
Sold for £4,375 inc. premium

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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