TWELVE MEISSEN KNIFE AND FORK-HANDLES painted in the manner of A.F von Löwenfinck in puce camaïeu and enriched with gilding with Fabeltiere animals among shrubs, indianische Blumen and trees on rocky terraces and with scattered insects, the shafts with a band of scrolls below a gilt line (two with hair cracks and one with rubbing to gilt line), circa 1735, later blades and the cast tines with scrolls, strung coin ornament and flowerheads, in a velvet-lined leather box

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TWELVE MEISSEN KNIFE AND FORK-HANDLES painted in the manner of A.F von Löwenfinck in puce camaïeu and enriched with gilding with Fabeltiere animals among shrubs, indianische Blumen and trees on rocky terraces and with scattered insects, the shafts with a band of scrolls below a gilt line (two with hair cracks and one with rubbing to gilt line), circa 1735, later blades and the cast tines with scrolls, strung coin ornament and flowerheads, in a velvet-lined leather box
the handles 8cm. long (12)
Provenance
Anon., sale Sotheby's Zurich, 26 June 1971, lot 125
Anon., sale Christie's, Geneva, 11 November 1985, lot 167

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