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Lot 73*

A Meissen teacup and saucer, circa 1740

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

£1,500 - £2,000

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A Meissen teacup and saucer, circa 1740

The saucer painted with a Kauffahrtei scene depicting merchants and their wares by a quayside within concentric iron-red circles, the teacup with a similar, continuous scene and a puce camaieu scene in the well, gilt-edged rims, the teacup: 4.6cm high; the saucer: 13.1cm diam., crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed numerals (2)

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Literature:
Ulrich Pietsch, Passion for Meissen (2010), no. 93

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