Lot Essay
Cf. the cup, cover and saucer sold in these Rooms on 7 October 1996, lot 317A.
CIRCA 1800, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS, STAR AND FOUR MARKS, GILDER'S .S. TO FOOTRIM
Details
A Meissen (Marcolini) blue-ground cup and cover
Circa 1800, blue crossed swords, star and four marks, gilder's .S. to footrim
The waisted cup painted en grisaille with a portrait of Pope Pius VI in profile to the right within a bronzed and gilt cartouche, the cover painted with the papal tiara within a similar cartouche and with bronzed and gilt wreath and ribbon finial (chips to finial and slight loss of gilding to rim of cup)
Circa 1800, blue crossed swords, star and four marks, gilder's .S. to footrim
The waisted cup painted en grisaille with a portrait of Pope Pius VI in profile to the right within a bronzed and gilt cartouche, the cover painted with the papal tiara within a similar cartouche and with bronzed and gilt wreath and ribbon finial (chips to finial and slight loss of gilding to rim of cup)