A PAIR OF PORCELAIN CHOCOLATE CUPS AND COVERS
Lot 284 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE SCANDINAVIAN COLLECTION

A PAIR OF PORCELAIN CHOCOLATE CUPS AND COVERS

BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT (1762-1796)

Closed25 November 2019

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GBP 10,000

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A PAIR OF PORCELAIN CHOCOLATE CUPS AND COVERS
BY THE IMPERIAL PORCELAIN FACTORY, ST PETERSBURG, PERIOD OF CATHERINE THE GREAT (1762-1796)
Each of bulbous form, the detachable covers with finials, the bodies and covers with gilt stripes and centring a ribbon-tied floral wreath and posy, marked under bases with blue underglaze factory marks
3 ¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high, with covers

Acquired by the parents of the present owner from a private collection in Leningrad in the 1960s.