A Meissen oil-pot and a cover

CIRCA 1735

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A Meissen oil-pot and a cover
Circa 1735
Of baluster form, with scroll handle and foliate-moulded spout, painted with vignettes of figures, fishing and in boats before buildings in landscapes within shaped cartouches with gilt-scroll and Laub-und-Bandelwerk borders, the ground painted with scattered insects, the rims gilt, the slightly domed cover painted with harbour scenes, with pine-cone finial (restoration to handle and restored rim chip, wear to gilding), blue crossed swords mark, Dreher's oo to footrim, gilder's * and Pressnummer 3, the cover with gilder's A/R
5½in. (14cm.) high (2)

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