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Lot Essay
See S. Ducret, Zürcher Porzellanmanufaktur (Zürich, 1958), Vol. II, p. 259, pl. 483 for a similar money-box in the author's collection.
Details
A Zürich money-box
Circa 1775
Formed as a recumbent bitch, her coat with pale brown markings, and two puppies before her, one puppy suckling, the other clambering on her back, on a large rectangular pale-yellow cushion edged with an orange band, one end with a rectangular pierced aperture (chip to bitch's muzzle)
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) wide
Circa 1775
Formed as a recumbent bitch, her coat with pale brown markings, and two puppies before her, one puppy suckling, the other clambering on her back, on a large rectangular pale-yellow cushion edged with an orange band, one end with a rectangular pierced aperture (chip to bitch's muzzle)
3 3/8 in. (8.5 cm.) wide
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium