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Lot 222

Three Fürstenberg cups and saucers, circa 1755-70

7 December 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£300 - £500

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Three Fürstenberg cups and saucers, circa 1755-70

The teacup and saucer, circa 1755, painted, probably by Georg Friedrich Geisler or Joh. Phil. Zisler, with flower sprigs and scattered flowers, F marks in underglaze-blue, incised Ho on the saucer and Sz on the teacup Together with two other Fürstenberg cups and saucers, circa 1770, The first painted with iron-red flower sprigs and scattered flowers and salmon-pink and gilt trellis band to the rims; the second painted in shades of green with a flower spray and scattered flowers, F marks in underglaze-blue, impressed numerals (the second with haircrack to base of handle and some wear, the third with rim chip and associated haircrack to saucer) (6)

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Provenance:
E.A. Titgemeyer Collection, Osnabrück

Exhibited:
Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum, Fürstenberg-Porzellan: Tradition und Gegenwart, 27 September-25 October 1970, cat. no. 1a (the first teacup and saucer)

Similarly painted early cups and saucers with flower decoration in the Reichmann Collection, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, attributed to Geisler are illustrated by Michael Unterberg, Frühes Fürstenberger Porzellan (2010), no. 385.

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