The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 06 Feb 2025

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Three Frankenthal coffee cans, c.1770, each painted with a colourful bird perched on low branches,

£200 - £300 £756

Three Frankenthal coffee cans, c.1770, each painted with a colourful bird perched on low branches, the rim with a flowerhead and trellis border in puce and turquoise, crowned CT marks, and a rare Kassel cup of ogee form, probably painted by Johann Georg Pforr with two birds perched in a small tree, blue lion mark, minor faults, 6.5cm max. (4)

The cans bear similar decoration to the Sèvres 'Mosaique Oiseaux' service at Mannheim Court, given to Elector Carl Theodor by Louis XV in 1760.

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