CIRCA 1775, BLACK :P: MARK

Details

A PROSKAU FAYENCE DUCK TUREEN AND COVER
CIRCA 1775, BLACK :P: MARK
Modeled with its head turned towards its tail
7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired from The Antique Porcelain Company, London, March 1988.

Literature

D. Fennimore et al., The David and Peggy Rockefeller Collection: Decorative Arts, New York, 1992, vol. IV, p. 36, no. 10.

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Lot Essay

A similar example was sold Christie's, London, 2 February 1984, lot 305. For another example see E. Köllmann et al., Sammlung Europäischer Fayencen des 17. bis 19. Jahrhunderts, Exhibition Catalogue, Cologne, 1991, no. 172.

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