Live Auction 7815White Gold 18th Century Porcelain from Meissen and Du Paquier Property of The Byrnes Children Trust
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Lot 5

A PAIR OF MEISSEN BEAKERS AND SAUCERS

CIRCA 1725, THE SAUCERS WITH CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, GILDER'S DOT AND DREHER'S MARKS

Closed12 May 2010

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A PAIR OF MEISSEN BEAKERS AND SAUCERS
CIRCA 1725, THE SAUCERS WITH CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, GILDER'S DOT AND DREHER'S MARKS
The lower parts of the beakers and saucer reverses moulded with acanthus leaves between gilt scrollwork and flowerheads, the upper parts with broad bands of gilt interlocking scrollwork and flowerheads, the interiors and saucer obverses richly gilt (slight wear, slight scratching to beaker interiors, saucers with slight areas of retouching to gilding, slight footrim chips, small restored rim chip to one) (2)

Anonymous sale (Early Continental Porcelain from a Private Collection), Sotheby's, Zürich, 14th November 1989, lot 1

Specialist note

See Abraham L. den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, 2000), pp. 34-35, no. 14 for a teabowl and saucer with similar decoration which he suggests was probably carried out by the goldsmith George Funcke, who worked for Meissen from 1713 to 1726. A related cup and saucer marked with a gilt F is illustrated by R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan (Munich, 1966), no. 36. The form with acanthus leaves was probably designed by the Court Silversmith Johann Jacob Irminger.