A Meissen porcelain oval sugar box and cover, circa 1735
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Lot closes
June 25, 10:45 AM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 EUR
Current Bid
400 EUR
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Description
the box painted with a continuous harbour scene of merchants and their wares on quaysides, the cover with two similar scenes above a gilt trellis and scroll border, the cover surmounted with a gilt-highlighted rabbit-form finial, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gilt numeral 23. to both
Width 5 ¼ in; 13,3 cm
Dr. Mario Leproni Collection;
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, London, 28 May 2009, lot 309;
Acquired at the above sale.
Cranfield University used non-invasive X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for this lot to screen the green enamel for chromium, which was not detected, a result consistent with 18th century manufacture.
