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Lot 242
Sale 5617 - British & European Furniture & Decorative Arts
Oct 17, 2017
9:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$2,000 -
3,000
Price Realized
$1,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Two K.P.M. hand-painted and parcel-gilt portrait cups of Frederick II and Frederick Wilhelm II circa 1780-90
With parcel-gilt imbricated cobalt ground, the first cup with a classical portrait of Frederick II en grisaille, with conforming saucer decorated with a wreathed medallion and initials "FR" for "Fridericus Rex;" the second a cup and cover of similar design, with portrait of Frederick Wilhelm II, inscribed "Fred. Guillaume/Prince de Prusse," to recto and with allegories of victory to verso, sold together with an associated saucer inscribed "Telémanque et Calypso;" all with blue underglaze scepter mark to underside. (4).
H: 3 1/4, Dia: 5 1/2 in.