A MONUMENTAL MEISSEN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED MIRROR

LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A MONUMENTAL MEISSEN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED MIRROR
LATE 19TH CENTURY
OF CARTOUCHE-SHAPE SURMOUNTED BY AN ELABORATE FLORAL BOUQUET IN THE SHAPE OF A CROWN ABOVE A SMALL MIRROR FLANKED BY PUTTI, THE ENRICHED ROCAILLE-MOULDED FRAME APPLIED ALLOVER WITH FLOWERING BRANCHES WITH FOUR BIRDS AND TWO FURTHER PUTTI AT THE LOWER CORNERS, MOUNTED ON A WOODEN BACK
66 IN. (167.6 CM.) HIGH

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SEE K. KROCKENBERGER, EDLES MEISSNER PORZELLAN AUS 3 JAHRHUNDERTEN, WINNENDEN, 2002, P. 270 FOR A SIMILAR MIRROR DATED 1886. LUDWIG II, (1845-1886), THE KING OF BAVARIA, COMMISSIONED RELATED MEISSEN OBJECTS AND MIRRORS FOR SCHLOSS LINDERHOF, HIS EXTRAVAGANT SECOND ROCOCO REVIVAL ABODE IN UPPER BAVARIA, BUILT IN 1878.

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