Property from a Private Greenwich, Connecticut Collection
A BERLIN PART-TEA SERVICE, CIRCA 1775
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October 21, 06:20 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Property from a Private Greenwich, Connecticut Collection
A BERLIN PART-TEA SERVICE, CIRCA 1775
each piece painted en grisaille on each side with a different river scape within a gilt roundel tied at the top with a puce-edged ribbon issuing flower garlands, comprising a teapot and cover, a hot water jug and cover, a milk jug and cover and a sugar bowl and cover, sceptre-marks in underglaze-blue. 8 pieces.
Sotheby's New York, October 24-25, 2002, lot 1140
A similarly decorated part-service is illustrated in Erich Köllman and Margarete Jarchow, Berliner Porzellan, Vol. II, p. 507, pl. 394a/b