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Lot 1516 Dα

Two Meissen porcelain dinner knives, a beaker and a saucer with yellow lion decor

Auction 1230 - overview Cologne
17.11.2023, 10:00 - Decorative Arts - Silver, Porcelain, Faience
Estimate: 600 € - 800 €
Result: 567 € (incl. premium)
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Two Meissen porcelain dinner knives, a beaker and a saucer with yellow lion decor

The cup and saucer Altbrandenstein models. Cup and saucer with blue crossed swords mark, cup with dreher's no. 6. Cup and saucer with yellowed restorations. L knives 21, H cup 7.9, D saucer 13.4 cm.
The porcelain Meissen, 1740s, the blades Sheffield, John Walters & Co., mid-19th C.

Provenance

Private collection, Westphalia.

Literature

For the cup cf. Weber, Meißener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern, vol. II, Munich 2013, cat. no. 480, for other pieces presumably from the same coffee service.