Lot n° 110
Estimation :
700 - 1000
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 902EUR
MEISSEN - Lot 110
MEISSEN
Pair of truncated cone-shaped chocolate cups and their five-petal saucers in hard porcelain with polychrome decoration
Kakiemon of bouquets of flowers and pomegranates.
The saucers bear the blue underglaze caduceus mark on the reverse, and the cups the long crossed swords mark.
18th century, circa 1725-1730 (restorations).
H of cups: 8 - D of saucers: 11 cm
The caduceus mark was used in Meissen between 1720 and 1730.
A similar saucer is described as a chocolate cup saucer in the collections of the Rijsksmuseum, Amsterdam.
In the 1770 inventory of the Royal Dresden Collection, the saucer is described as follows: "Stück gemuschelte
Chocolaten Becher".
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