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A Berlin barrel-shaped silhouette mug
painted in black with a quarter-length portrait of a young lady within an oval cartouche gilt with circles and painted with a band of roses, the reverse with indistinct monogram within a similar cartouche, between loose sprays of flowers and beneath gilt line rim, circa 1785 (light rubbing to gilding) -- 11.5cm. high
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painted in black with a quarter-length portrait of a young lady within an oval cartouche gilt with circles and painted with a band of roses, the reverse with indistinct monogram within a similar cartouche, between loose sprays of flowers and beneath gilt line rim, circa 1785 (light rubbing to gilding) -- 11.5cm. high
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