EUROPEAN NAPLES PORCELAIN CUP & SAUCER HEAVILY GILT
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Pre 1900 item# 1141120 (stock# b566)
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A fine porcelain cup and saucer decorated in famille rose enamels on a relief moulded design and on a heavily gilded ground. The cup has a very delicate entwined handle. There is an underglaze blue Naples* mark to the base.Dating from the c19th or possibly earlier*, the saucer measures 5 3/4inches (14.8 cms) across and the cup 3 3/8inches (8.5 cms) across the rim. There is a miniscule frit to the rim of the cup and some scratching to the centre of the saucer. It is in otherwise very good condition with very little wear. *The Naples mark was copied by many factories including it successors Capodimonte and Doccia. I do not have the knowledge in continental porcelain to confirm whether this is Naples, its successors or any other factory. It is, however, a very good quality piece.
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ENGLISH WORCESTER PORCELAIN BOWL C18th
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Pre 1800 item# 1139858 (stock# b562)
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A beautifully potted bowl with reticulated borders painted in green, blue, yellow, black and pink enamels and thick gilding. Whilst I have seen baskets like this before, I have never seen this colour of decoration. I do not know the factory and the description "Worcester" is my catch-all. It has a very wide footrim . It appears to be a soft, perhaps soapstone type paste .I believe this is quite an early piece. It measures 6 3/4inches (17.2 cms) across. It has been cleanly broken in two and has had a masterpiece stapling job done on it. There is no loss to the paste and no overpainting
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MEISSEN BLUE & WHITE PORCELAIN TEA CADDY C19th or early
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Pre 1900 item# 1112692 (stock# b505)
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A porcelain tea caddy decorated in underglaze blue in the "blue onion" pattern. It is probably from the Meissen factory and bears a blue crossed sword mark to the base together with painted blue "46." and an impressed "84". It is slab built from a fine white body and the front and back are very slightly concave due to firing.Continental porcelain is not my field but I am guessing this is C19th or earlier. It stands 4 5/8inches (11.8 cms) high inc. lid. There is a large piece missing from the neck, a shell chip and the lid is damaged. I think this may be quite a rare item.
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