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Lot 133

Two Meissen figural salts, circa 1765, one later-decorated

6 July 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Two Meissen figural salts, circa 1765, one later-decorated

The first wearing a purple-striped headscarf and puce-lined yellow skirt decorated with flowers, standing by a basket reserved with quatrelobe panels painted with flowers, the grassy base applied with leaves and flowers; the second, later decorated, wearing a feather headdress and skirt, the basket painted with bird vignettes within gilt borders, the base applied with leaves and flowers and embellished in gilding, 17cm high, crossed swords marks with dot in underglaze-blue (some restoration to both) (2)

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Provenance:
Sir Walter Rockcliffe Farquhar, 3rd Bart (1810-1900), Polesden Lacey;
Thence by descent to the current owner

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