Live Auction 5467The Althorp Attic Sale - Including the Spencer Carriages
A MEISSEN BOX AND COVER MODELLED AS A TORTOISE
Lot 565

A MEISSEN BOX AND COVER MODELLED AS A TORTOISE

MID-18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK

Closed8 July 2010

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GBP 15,000

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A MEISSEN BOX AND COVER MODELLED AS A TORTOISE
MID-18TH CENTURY, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND DOT MARK
Naturalistically modelled standing on four feet, its shell forming the cover
9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) long (2)

Specialist note

For an enamelled version of this model see Rainer Rückert, Meissner Porzellan 1710-1810, Munich, 1966, p. 258.