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A Meissen (Marcolini) wine cistern
CIRCA 1780, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS, STAR AND 11 MARK
细节
A Meissen (Marcolini) wine cistern
Circa 1780, blue crossed swords, star and 11 mark
Modelled as Bacchus scantily draped in a leopard skin and garlanded with vine, holding a gilt goblet and a bunch of black grapes, seated on the edge of an orange-banded barrel supported on a waisted triangular foliage-scroll support similarly enriched in orange and applied with three putti scantily draped and holding a grinder, a cup and saucer and two posies of flowers, the barrel with gilt-metal mounted cover stamped with vine and with gilt-metal tap (Bacchus with restoration to right arm, left leg and both feet, two scroll feet of base and back of barrel with restoration, some restoration and chipping to vine and extremities)
17¾in. (45cm.) high
Circa 1780, blue crossed swords, star and 11 mark
Modelled as Bacchus scantily draped in a leopard skin and garlanded with vine, holding a gilt goblet and a bunch of black grapes, seated on the edge of an orange-banded barrel supported on a waisted triangular foliage-scroll support similarly enriched in orange and applied with three putti scantily draped and holding a grinder, a cup and saucer and two posies of flowers, the barrel with gilt-metal mounted cover stamped with vine and with gilt-metal tap (Bacchus with restoration to right arm, left leg and both feet, two scroll feet of base and back of barrel with restoration, some restoration and chipping to vine and extremities)
17¾in. (45cm.) high