A Meissen bullet-shaped teapot and cover
A Meissen bullet-shaped teapot and cover

CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK

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A Meissen bullet-shaped teapot and cover
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords mark
With a gilt foliage-moulded bird's head spout and gilt foliage and shell wishbone handle, painted with two miners, one holding a pick and with a gilt AR monogram on his hat, before a hut, the reverse with three miners sorting and grading ore, beneath a gilt line rim (enamels scratched, restored chip to one side, chip to cover, slight chipping to finial and rubbing to gilding)
4.1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) high