Auction: European Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2554BLocation: BostonDate / Time: July 09, 2011 10:00AM
Description:
Royal Copenhagen Porcelain "Flora Danica" Soup Tureen, 20th century, oval, with domed lid and crabstock handles accented with flowerheads, painted with highly realistic botanical specimens, gilt rims, lg. to handles 12 1/4, ht. 8 1/2 in.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
Good.
marked 20/3558, afx gbx.
lid specimen: Helianthemum oclandicum L.
body specimens: Geranium pyrenaicum L., and Viola tricolor L.L. arenaria Sond.