FREDERICK THE GREAT A Staffordshire salt-glazed stoneware teapot and cover, c.1758, the squat globular body painted in coloured enamels with a head and shoulders profile inscribed 'Fred. III Prufsiae Rex' [sic], the reverse with the crowned Prussian eagle above the ribboned inscription 'Semper Sublimis', each within a scrolling cartouche reserved on an ermine ground, a restuck chip to the cover, 18.5cm across. (2) Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, was the great nephew of George I. Following the Westminster Convention of January 1756, he enjoyed the support of the English. An accomplished military strategist, he was eventually victorious in the Seven Years War of 1756 to 1763 leading to the power of Prussia in Europe. Provenance: sold Sotheby's, 15th April 1997, lot 161. Read more »
FREDERICK THE GREAT A Staffordshire salt-glazed stoneware teapot and cover, c.1758, the squat globular body painted in coloured enamels with a head and shoulders profile inscribed 'Fred. III Prufsiae Rex' [sic], the reverse with the crowned Prussian eagle above the ribboned inscription 'Semper Sublimis', each within a scrolling cartouche reserved on an ermine ground, a restuck chip to the cover, 18.5cm across. (2) Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, was the great nephew of George I. Following the Westminster Convention of January 1756, he enjoyed the support of the English. An accomplished military strategist, he was eventually victorious in the Seven Years War of 1756 to 1763 leading to the power of Prussia in Europe. Provenance: sold Sotheby's, 15th April 1997, lot 161. Read more »
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