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Wedgbury
Antiques Continental Porcelain
Dealers And Collectors Of Antique Porcelain |
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A Berlin Porcelain Saucer.
c.1780-1820. |
An
very attractive late18th.Century or early 19th.Century Berlin
porcelain saucer. The saucer with spiral and
basketweave moulding to the rim.
Superbly painted in polychrome enamels with a cockerel and hen
in a wooded landscape. Three insects painted around the edge
of the scene. The rim with fine gilding. Measures
13.3cm. diameter. |
| Condition Very
good, just a little wear to the rim gilding.
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A French Soft Paste Plate.
c.1750-80. |
A
French soft paste porcelain plate. Shaped in the popular
French manner with lobed rim, the rim shape repeated at the
cavetto.
Painted in polychrome enamels with a pear fruit, foliage and
flower sprigs. The edge of the rim with traces of
gilding. An unusual plate with no makers mark. Possibly
of Vincennes / Sevres porcelain. Measures 23.3cm. diameter
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| Condition There
is quite a lot of wear to the enamels and gilt. A glaze fault
to the rim. also a short stress hairline at the rim.
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A Superb
Vienna Coffee Can
c.1804. |
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A superb
Vienna porcelain coffee can. An incredibly finely
painted coffee can from the early years of the
19th.Century. Painted with a classical mythology scene
of Dionysus (Greek) or Bacchus (Roman) God of wine. The
remainder of the can decorated with two ground colours and extremely
fine raised paste gilding. The bas of the can marked
with underglaze blue shield mark and impressed numerals,
804. indicating a potting date of 1804. Stands 6 cm. high.
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| Condition Very
good with only slight wear to the
decoration. There is a faint crack to the lower terminal
of the handle.
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Berlin
Porcelain Coffee Can & Saucer. c.1800. |
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attractive coffee can and saucer from the Berlin porcelain
factory. Decorated with a simple neo-classical style
'ribbon' border pattern, the can with typical 'architectural'
handle. |
| Condition
The can has two
small chips to the foot. No cracks. The saucer has a
very well restored chip to the rim, which has some hard to
detect over painting to the back of the rim. None on the front
face and no cracks.
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