A Meissen hausmalerei prunus-moulded beaker
of flared form, painted by Mayer von Pressnitz with a dancing figure holding a spear and two specimen sprays, the interior rim gilt with a band of scrolling leaves, the porcelain circa 1725, the decoration circa 1740 (crack to rim, minor rubbing to gilding) -- 8cm. high See back cover illustration
Lot Essay
Cf. Gustav E. Pazaurek, Deutsche Fayence-und Porzellan-Hausmaler (1925), Vol. 2, p. 312, pl. 260.