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A Meissen butter tub and cover and circular stand, circa 1730 image 1
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Lot 252

A Meissen butter tub and cover and circular stand, circa 1730

6 December 2018, 16:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£8,000 - £12,000

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A Meissen butter tub and cover and circular stand, circa 1730

The small round tub with upright lug handles, vase-shaped finial and a wavy rim, the larger stand with corresponding wavy rim, the centre of the stand painted with a curious hound-like beast capturing a bird, watched by another bird on a pole above a small fence, framed with red tramlines and gilt dagger motifs, the remainder of the tub, cover and border of the stand with sprays of indianische Blumen growing from further red lines, the tub 10.7cm wide, the stand 21cm diam., crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue on the tub and in blue enamel on the stand (3)

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