Description
View Cup Bergpark and Wilhelmshöhe Palace circa 1830, unmarked, incised o once, footed Calathos form with high-set lion's head handle and matching saucer, both parts splendidly decorated with a veduta in fine polychrome overglaze painting and black rim line, the cup with panoramic view across the palace pond to the palace, the cascades and crowning Hercules, in the mirror of the saucer a view of the large fountain and Löwenburg, framed by polished gold bands, the handle and half of the interior gilded, the latter somewhat scratched and the reverse of the saucer with a 1.5 cm hairline crack to the rim (not throughout), otherwise in good condition for its age, h 12.5 cm overall.
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View Cup Bergpark and Wilhelmshöhe Palace circa 1830, unmarked, incised o once, footed Calathos form with high-set lion's head handle and matching saucer, both parts splendidly decorated with a veduta in fine polychrome overglaze painting and black rim line, the cup with panoramic view across the palace pond to the palace, the cascades and crowning Hercules, in the mirror of the saucer a view of the large fountain and Löwenburg, framed by polished gold bands, the handle and half of the interior gilded, the latter somewhat scratched and the reverse of the saucer with a 1.5 cm hairline crack to the rim (not throughout), otherwise in good condition for its age, h 12.5 cm overall.
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