PERIOD: XVIIIeme
A PFALZ-ZWEIBR?CKEN TWO-HANDLED CYLINDRICAL CHOCOLATE CUP AND COVER CIRCA 1768, BLUE INTERLACED PZ MARKS, BLUE W PAINTER'S MARK, IMPRESSED P I MARK Painted by von Friedrich Carl Wohlfahrt with two estuary scenes, the first with figures before fortified buildings and mountains, the second with an equestrian figure before a waterfall and turreted buildings in wooded landscape, each above a puce cornucopia half-cartouche issuing green fronds above gilt geometric ornament and puce tassels, centred by a shield-shaped device, the domed cover with two specimen butterflies including a Peacock butterfly, below a blue flower finial, with gilt ribbon and zig-zag borders suspending floral swags and gilt line rims (minute chipping to blue flower The Dukes of Baden Collection, Gro?herzogliches Residenzschloss, Karlsruhe (Koelitz Inv. Nr. 2168), sale Sotheby's, Baden Baden, 5th - 21st October 1995, lot 798 (with paper collection label and sale label).
PRIX: $5000
