A Meissen shaped oval tureen, cover and stand
A Meissen shaped oval tureen, cover and stand

CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS TO BASE AND STAND, PRESSNUMMER 16 TO TUREEN AND 27 TO STAND

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A Meissen shaped oval tureen, cover and stand
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords marks to base and stand, Pressnummer 16 to tureen and 27 to stand
Painted with scattered ombrierte insects, fruit and Holzschnitt Blumen including foxglove, fritillary, tulip, honeysuckle and carnation, the finial of the domed cover formed as a boar's head supported by scrolls moulded with shells and foliage, brown line rims (tureen with extended firing crack from rim towards base, two chips to back of boar's head, rubbing to enamels of stand)
13.1/8 in. (33.5 cm.) wide

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