The Sir Bruno Welby Collection of Porcelain - 6th February 2025
Lot 1510
A rare Meissen teabowl and saucer, c.1725-30, unusually painted with night-time harbour scenes, with
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £3780
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Description
A rare Meissen teabowl and saucer, c.1725-30, unusually painted with night-time harbour scenes, with figures seated around and leaning over a roaring fire beside a makeshift tent, the sails of ships visible in the harbour behind, the moon coming out behind dark clouds, within quatrefoil panels edged in puce, red and Böttger lustre with figures, small panels and foliate motifs, the teabowl's interior with a spray of indianische Blumen, blue crossed swords marks and gilt K, a section of the saucer's rim broken out and restuck, 12.2cm. (2)