
Lot 34
A pair of Doccia cups and saucers and a sugar bowl and cover, circa 1785-90
7 December 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £812.50 inc. premium
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A pair of Doccia cups and saucers and a sugar bowl and cover, circa 1785-90
Decorated with a faux bois or a bussolotto pattern reserved with rectangular grisaille landscape scenes, the quartrelobed sugar bowl with a domed cover and rose finial with same wood grain motif, the cartouches L.B.P and A.P.S. in the corners, sugar bowl: 10cm high, old collector's label to the base (some damage and repairs) (6)
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Provenance:
An Italian private collection
Another cup and saucer with closely similar decoration is illustrated in Porcellane del Museo Marton (2011) cat.no. 123. A cylindrical teacup and saucer with the same decoration as the sugar bowl, including the initials LBP and APS, is illustrated by Biancalana 2009, p. 151.