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CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND GILDER'S 18. TO BOTH, CUP WITH INCISED ,,
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A Meissen purple-ground cup and saucer
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND GILDER'S 18. TO BOTH, CUP WITH INCISED ,,
The exterior of the cup and underside of the saucer with a powdered purple ground, the cup with a gilt double-scroll handle, each side reserved with two quatrefoil gilt line cartouches enclosing river-landscapes scenes with merchants by rocks, barrels and packages in the foreground and ships in the distance, the interior with a gilt Laub-und-Bandelwerk border, the saucer with merchants on the banks of an estuary with ships and a distant tower, within a quatrefoil gilt cartouche edged with gilt, red and puce scrolls, red diaper panels and puce husks, within a similar gilt border (areas of slight wear)
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS AND GILDER'S 18. TO BOTH, CUP WITH INCISED ,,
The exterior of the cup and underside of the saucer with a powdered purple ground, the cup with a gilt double-scroll handle, each side reserved with two quatrefoil gilt line cartouches enclosing river-landscapes scenes with merchants by rocks, barrels and packages in the foreground and ships in the distance, the interior with a gilt Laub-und-Bandelwerk border, the saucer with merchants on the banks of an estuary with ships and a distant tower, within a quatrefoil gilt cartouche edged with gilt, red and puce scrolls, red diaper panels and puce husks, within a similar gilt border (areas of slight wear)
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