A Meissen porcelain cup "Dem Besten der Väter" with saucer - image-1
A Meissen porcelain cup "Dem Besten der Väter" with saucer - image-2
A Meissen porcelain cup "Dem Besten der Väter" with saucer - image-1A Meissen porcelain cup "Dem Besten der Väter" with saucer - image-2

Lot 1200 Dα

A Meissen porcelain cup "Dem Besten der Väter" with saucer

Auction 1184 - overview Cologne
19.11.2021, 11:00 - Decorative Arts
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 750 € (incl. premium)

A Meissen porcelain cup "Dem Besten der Väter" with saucer

The cup decorated with a scene of five figures at a sacrificial altar among Classical architecture accompanied by the inscription "DEIN WANDEL IST TUGEND DEIN LOHN SEY LIEBE" (your way is virtue and your reward will be love). The well of the saucer inscribed "LEBE LANGE DU EDLER, LEBE LANGE ZU DEINEM UND IHREM GLÜCKE!" (live long, noble man, live long for your own and their happiness). Blue crossed swords mark with star, brown 99. H of cup 6.8, D of saucer 13.9 cm.
Circa 1790.

Provenance

The Hiemisch collection, acquired in 1997.