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The Twinight Collection
Lot 55*

A Vienna, Sorgenthal period, cabinet cup and saucer, circa 1801

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

Sold for £2,304 inc. premium

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A Vienna, Sorgenthal period, cabinet cup and saucer, circa 1801

Each painted in grey with a landscape vignette on a salmon-pink ground, the saucer with a classical figure slaying a dragon, titled inside the rim 'l'Activité vertaeux', the cup with an elephant, titled 'la Magnanimité', formal gilt borders to the rims, the saucer: 13.2cm diam; the cup: 6cm high, shield marks in underglaze-blue, impressed date code 801 to both and II (saucer) and 39 (cup) (2)

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Provenance:
Anon. sale in these Rooms, 7 December 2011, lot 274:
The Twinight Collection

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