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CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, GILDER'S S. MARK
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A MEISSEN ARMORIAL COFFEE-CUP
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, GILDER'S S. MARK
The front painted with a river-landscape with two huntsmen and horses and a fine schloss, within an elaborate gilt and dark-brown strapwork cartouche with diaper and scale ornament panels, centred below by a FB monogram and surmounted above by a gilt shell enclosing a coloured coat of arms flanked by blue and red mantling issuing from a winged helmet, the double-scroll handle with a gilt shell thumbpiece, flanked by small bouquets and a flower-spray disguising a rim chip, the interior with a gilt shell and interlocking foliage border (restored rim chip to left of arms, handle and rim with slight wear to gilding)
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, GILDER'S S. MARK
The front painted with a river-landscape with two huntsmen and horses and a fine schloss, within an elaborate gilt and dark-brown strapwork cartouche with diaper and scale ornament panels, centred below by a FB monogram and surmounted above by a gilt shell enclosing a coloured coat of arms flanked by blue and red mantling issuing from a winged helmet, the double-scroll handle with a gilt shell thumbpiece, flanked by small bouquets and a flower-spray disguising a rim chip, the interior with a gilt shell and interlocking foliage border (restored rim chip to left of arms, handle and rim with slight wear to gilding)
Special notice
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