GALANTERIE
A MEISSEN THIMBLE
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A MEISSEN THIMBLE
Circa 1740
Of conventional type and slightly flared form, the lower part painted with a continuous boar-hunting scene beneath a narrow biscuit band of indentations with a band of iron-red meandering berried foliage above, the domed top with concentric circles of indentations about an iron-red flowerhead with pendant puce and yellow flowers and green foliage, the interior gilt
3/4in. (2cm.) high
Circa 1740
Of conventional type and slightly flared form, the lower part painted with a continuous boar-hunting scene beneath a narrow biscuit band of indentations with a band of iron-red meandering berried foliage above, the domed top with concentric circles of indentations about an iron-red flowerhead with pendant puce and yellow flowers and green foliage, the interior gilt
3/4in. (2cm.) high