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Lot 274

A Vienna cabinet cup and saucer, circa 1801

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

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A Vienna cabinet cup and saucer, circa 1801

The cup painted in monochrome with the study of an elephant in a minimal landscape, 'La Magnanimité' inscribed to the right in black, the saucer painted in monochrome with an allegorical figure slaying a winged serpent, inscribed 'L'activité vertueux' both with gilt borders to the rim, shield mark in underglaze-blue to both, the cup: impressed 39 and date mark 801, the saucer: impressed 11 and date mark 801 (2)

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