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A PAIR OF FAMILLE ROSE MANCERINAS
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1770
Of molded scallop shell form and centered by a
pierced and shaped cup-holder
8¼ in. (20.9 cm.) long (2)
$5,000-8,000

The mancerina is closely associated with the
Hispanic market and with the Spanish custom
of chocolate drinking. Both chocolate and silver
of course came from the Spanish New World,
so it is ftting that this form was often made in
silver as well as in Spanish maiolica. It is said
that the 2nd Marqués de Mancera, Viceroy of
New Spain 1664-1673, had a palsied hand and
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thus needed the all-in-one cupstand, which took
his name, though none survive from this early
period. Interestingly, a very similar form exists in
Chinese ceramics of the Song period, which may
have infuenced the development of the export
examples.
For a Mexican silver mancerina see H.R. Borrell
et al, The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico, p. 380.
An almost identical single export mancerina is in
the Museo Nacional de Historia, Mexico City, and
illustrated by M. Priyadarshini, Chinese Porcelain
in Colonial Mexico, p. 123.

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A SET OF THREE OCTAGONAL SALTS
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1770
3⅛ in. (8 cm.) wide (3)
$2,000-3,000

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A RARE PORTUGUESE MARKET
SCALLOPED PLATE
QIANLONG PERIOD, CIRCA 1775
In the pattern known as the 'Napkin Service', the
'cloth' suspended from gilt bows
9 in. (22.8 cm.) wide
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE:
With Suchow & Siegel Antiques, New York.
The Collection of Dr. Anton C.R. Dreesmann,
Christie's, London, 10 April 2002, lot 468.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 May 1992,
lot 138A.

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