A Meissen teapot and cover and two teabowls and saucers, circa 1735
Painted in Schwarzlot with Kauffahrtei scenes depicting merchants and their wares by a quayside within gilt scrollwork cartouches filled with Böttger lustre and edged with elaborate puce scrollwork heightened in brown surmounted by a mask and small Chinoiserie figures, scattered puce indianische Blumen, the teapot: 11.5cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, gilt numeral 70 (tiny restored chip to one saucer rim) (6)
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The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen Porcelain
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Painted in Schwarzlot with Kauffahrtei scenes depicting merchants and their wares by a quayside within gilt scrollwork cartouches filled with Böttger lustre and edged with elaborate puce scrollwork heightened in brown surmounted by a mask and small Chinoiserie figures, scattered puce indianische Blumen, the teapot: 11.5cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, gilt numeral 70 (tiny restored chip to one saucer rim) (6)
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The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen Porcelain
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