$7,500
Flecks to inner rims of lids to teapot, creamer and sugar bowl, to high points of bases of two cups, teapot, creamer, and edges of saucers.
Teapot: hairline to inside spout (does not go through to exterior). Creamer: firing lines to interior. Sugar bowl: one 1/2 inch hairline and one short firing line to inner rim. Cups: hairline to one and bruise to another. Saucers: Y-shaped hairline to edge of one and an area of restoration (1 inch x 1/2 inches) to edge of another.
Collection includes a teapot, creamer, sugar bowl, and set of six cups and saucers. Stamped number to undersides of teapot, creamer, and sugar bowl ‘742’, ‘745’, and ‘749.’ Glazed initials to underside of all saucers and two tea cups ‘MZ’. Glazed number to underside of one saucer ‘10.XII.1918’.
Artel
Czechoslovakia, c. 1910
glazed earthenware
7½ h × 6½ w × 4 d in (19 × 17 × 10 cm)
Provenance: Dorotheum, Prague, 17 November 2001, Lot 340 | Private Collection, New York
Auctioneer:
Rago
Date:
2020-01-18
