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LOT 8:
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN PRESENTATION CUP AND SAUCER, C.1872
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Sold for: $125
Price including buyer’s premium:
$
160
Start price:
$
100
Estimate :
$200 - $300
Buyer's Premium: 28%
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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN PRESENTATION CUP AND SAUCER, C.1872
An antique 19th-century Meissen porcelain cup and saucer decorated with gilt trim and silhouette medallions of Alfred Graf Schlieffen and Anna Schlieffen. The cup features a crossed swords mark in blue underglaze, the sauser also marked and inscribed on the bottom: "Alfred Graf Schlieffen n. 28.II.1833, Anna Grafin Schlieffen n. 2.X.1840 - 13.VII.1872." Alfred Graf von Schlieffen, generally called Count Schlieffen (1833 – 1913), was a German field marshal and strategist who served as chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1891 to 1906.
Dimensions: Cup: H: 2 5/8 in., (6.7 cm.), D: 2 1/2 in., (6.3 cm.)Saucer: D: 5 1/8 in., (13 cm.)
Condition: Excellent.
