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Lot 690 Dα

A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer with snowball flower relief

Auction 1159 - overview Cologne
13.11.2020, 09:30 - Decorative Arts incl. the Renate and Tono Dreßen Collection
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 3.750 € (incl. premium)
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A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer with snowball flower relief

Round cup resting on six polychrome supports formed as branches and with a branch shaped handle. The original saucer on corresponding supports. The cup and underside of the saucer encrusted with moulded flowers and branches, the wells painted with merchant navy scenes in gold cartouches. Unmarked. Small chips to the feet. H cup 5.5, D saucer 14.2 cm.
Circa 1745.

Provenance

Acquired in 1992 from Heinz Reichert, Munich.

Literature

Cf. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan, Munich 1966, pl. 157 f.
A similar cup and saucer formerly housed in the Hoffmeister collection (cat. Meissener Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts. Sammlung Hoffmeister, Hamburg 1999, vol. I, no. 211).