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CIRCA 1740
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A Meissen cup and saucer
Circa 1740
The exterior of the cup and underside of the saucer encrusted with applied flowerheads below a band of moulded flowerheads at the rim, each on six turquoise branch feet, the cup with a turquoise ear-shaped handle, the interior with a central medallion painted with figures by the seashore, surrounded by a richly gilt ground reserved with shaped panels of gilt diaper-ornament divided by shaped panels of gilt scrolling foliage and shells supporting four oval quatrefoil purpurmalerei vignettes, the saucer similarly decorated about a central medallion with figures in a landscape, gilt line rims (exterior of cup and underside of saucer with very slight chipping to extremities, saucer with small chip to one leaf terminal)
Circa 1740
The exterior of the cup and underside of the saucer encrusted with applied flowerheads below a band of moulded flowerheads at the rim, each on six turquoise branch feet, the cup with a turquoise ear-shaped handle, the interior with a central medallion painted with figures by the seashore, surrounded by a richly gilt ground reserved with shaped panels of gilt diaper-ornament divided by shaped panels of gilt scrolling foliage and shells supporting four oval quatrefoil purpurmalerei vignettes, the saucer similarly decorated about a central medallion with figures in a landscape, gilt line rims (exterior of cup and underside of saucer with very slight chipping to extremities, saucer with small chip to one leaf terminal)