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Lot 165*

Three Meissen teacups and saucers, mid 18th century

4 July 2024, 12:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

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Three Meissen teacups and saucers, mid 18th century

Painted with elegant figures in landscape settings enclosed by gilt Baroque scrollwork cartouches edged with purple scrollwork and trellis panels, gilt scroll- and strapwork borders to the rims, the teacups with a circular landscape scene within iron-red concentric circles to the inside, the handles gilt, the cups: 4.3cm high; the saucers: 12cm diam., crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, gilt numeral 51., impressed 2 to the saucers (one cup handle restuck) (6)

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Provenance:
Anon. sale, Lempertz Cologne, 22 June 1990, lot 1895 (two cups and saucers);
Anon. sale, Sotheby's Olympia, 29 June 2004, lot 28 (the third cup and saucer);
Property from a Swiss Private Collection (acquired by the present owner in the above sales)

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