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A Meissen tea canister and cover, circa 1750 image 1
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Lot 140

A Meissen tea canister and cover, circa 1750

3 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£4,000 - £6,000

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A Meissen tea canister and cover, circa 1750

Painted with landscape vignettes depicting mining subjects below a gilt scrollwork border, the details heightened in gilding, scattered flower sprays on the shoulder, the cover applied with flower and leaf finial, 12.5cm high, gilt 7. (small chips to finial) (2)

Footnotes

See R. Slotta/G. Lehmann/U. Pietsch, Ein fein bergmannig Porcelan (1999) for a full discussion of mining subjects on Meissen porcelain.

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