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Lot 59*

A Meissen octagonal purple-ground chocolate cup and saucer, circa 1735

5 December 2012, 13:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£6,000 - £8,000

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A Meissen octagonal purple-ground chocolate cup and saucer, circa 1735

The saucer painted with a river scene within a gilt quatrelobe cartouche edged with purple foliate scrollwork and trellis panels and surmounted by a seated chinoiserie figure, the cup reserved with a similar, gilt-edged scene on either side, gilt scroll handle, gilt strap and scrollwork borders to the rims, the cup: 7.9cm high; the saucer: 13.7cm across, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, gilt numeral 6. to both, incised // inside footrims (2)

Footnotes

Provenance:
Anon. sale, Christie's London, 8 December 2003, lot 125 (part)

Literature:
Ulrich Pietsch, Passion for Meissen (2010), no. 97

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