South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 6 February 2012
Part 2 - Jewellery & Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 40 000 - 60 000
About this Item
A French 'Sèvres' style part coffee and tea service, late 19th century
painted with portraits of French artistocrats within gilt and 'jewelled' borders against a royal-blue ground with gilt-line decoration, comprising: four coffee-cans, four saucers, a teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl and cover, and three cabinet plates, pseudo Sèvres mark and interlaced Ls, some inscribed with titles in underglaze-blue, one coffee can restored, some 'jewels' deficient, 15cm high
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