English and European Ceramics and Glass - 16th June 2021

Lot 352

A Doccia coffee cup and saucer c.1765-70

Estimate £500 - £800

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Description

A Doccia coffee cup and saucer c.1765-70, finely painted in the Meissen manner, the cup with a maiden beneath trees, the saucer with Cupid beside a bird in a cage, reserved within laub und bandelwerk borders in red, gilt and lilac, the cup with an angular scroll handle, 12.6cm. (2)

Cf. D'Agliano, Meligati, etc., Lucca and the Porcelain of the Ginori Manufactory, p.164 for a similar cup.