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Michael Braun active at Hirschberg 1730-1753
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CIRCA 1730, THE MOUNTS CONTEMPORARY, THE COVER WITH A LATER PRUSSIAN CONTROL MARK, THE FOOTRIM WITH MARK FOR MICHAEL BRAUN
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A Meissen silver-gilt mounted yellow-ground tankard
Circa 1730, the mounts contemporary, the cover with a later Prussian control mark, the footrim with mark for Michael Braun
Painted J.G. Hörold with Oriental figures at discussion, one with performing squirrels, another holding a cup of tea and standing beside and urn of flowers on a pedestal and with an exotic bird in flight above, within a Böttger-lustre gilt scale-pattern quatrefoil cartouche reserved on a an even yellow-brown ground, the loop handle with indianische Blumen flanked by Gitterwerk, the cover engraved with an accolée coat-of-arms and with pierced scroll thumb-piece (a minute blemish to ground)
7½ in. (19 cm.) high overall
Circa 1730, the mounts contemporary, the cover with a later Prussian control mark, the footrim with mark for Michael Braun
Painted J.G. Hörold with Oriental figures at discussion, one with performing squirrels, another holding a cup of tea and standing beside and urn of flowers on a pedestal and with an exotic bird in flight above, within a Böttger-lustre gilt scale-pattern quatrefoil cartouche reserved on a an even yellow-brown ground, the loop handle with indianische Blumen flanked by Gitterwerk, the cover engraved with an accolée coat-of-arms and with pierced scroll thumb-piece (a minute blemish to ground)
7½ in. (19 cm.) high overall
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