Live Auction 20036Two Private Collections of European Ceramics, Gold Boxes and Silver
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN OVAL SUGAR-BOX AND COVER
Lot 95

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN OVAL SUGAR-BOX AND COVER

CIRCA 1730, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND DREHER'S * MARK

Closed16 December 2021

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GBP 15,000

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN OVAL SUGAR-BOX AND COVER
CIRCA 1730, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK AND DREHER'S * MARK
Each painted with continuous terraces with chinoiserie figures at various pursuits, the lower part of the box moulded with gilt fluting, the domed cover with a similar scene below fluting radiating from a gilt recumbent lion finial
4 5⁄8 in. (11.7 cm.) wide

Specialist note


A teabowl and saucer similarly decorated with chinoiserie figures and moulded gilt-fluting, which may possibly have been from the same service as this sugar-box, was sold by Christie's, London, on 9 July 2019, lot 28.