Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

Lot 165

A Frankenthal allegorical figural salt emblematic of 'Africa', circa 1765

6 December 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,875 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our European Ceramics specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

A Frankenthal allegorical figural salt emblematic of 'Africa', circa 1765

Modelled by Franz Conrad Linck, the standing figure leaning on a puce-lined ermine cloak over the edge of a rococo vase, wearing a feathered headdress, arm-bands and skirt and a quiver across his back, the vase and scroll-edged base edged in purple and gilding, 20.3cm high, crowned CT monogram in underglaze-blue (small chip, some restoration)

Footnotes

A similar figure is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (accession no. 59.208.14).

Additional information

Bid now on these items