Lot Essay
Cf. the example sold in these Rooms on 7 October 1996, lot 317.
CIRCA 1800, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS, STAR AND .. TO CAN AND 4 AND .. TO SAUCER, INCISED 6 TO CAN AND PRESSNUMMER 21 TO SAUCER
Details
A Meissen (Marcolini) blue-ground cylindrical cup, cover and saucer
Circa 1800, blue crossed swords, star and .. to can and 4 and .. to saucer, incised 6 to can and Pressnummer 21 to saucer
The can with gilt angular handle, painted with Venus and Cupid by a pink rose-bush and shrubs in a landscape with the entwined gilt monogram HCOM in an oval cartouche above, within an oval reserve surrounded by a wreath of flowers and foliage, the saucer similarly decorated with Jupiter and Venus among clouds within a band of gilt interlocking circle-ornament, the cover with gilt wreath and ribbon finial, gilt line and dentil rims (rubbing to top rim of can and very slight rubbing to monogram of saucer, finial repaired)
Circa 1800, blue crossed swords, star and .. to can and 4 and .. to saucer, incised 6 to can and Pressnummer 21 to saucer
The can with gilt angular handle, painted with Venus and Cupid by a pink rose-bush and shrubs in a landscape with the entwined gilt monogram HCOM in an oval cartouche above, within an oval reserve surrounded by a wreath of flowers and foliage, the saucer similarly decorated with Jupiter and Venus among clouds within a band of gilt interlocking circle-ornament, the cover with gilt wreath and ribbon finial, gilt line and dentil rims (rubbing to top rim of can and very slight rubbing to monogram of saucer, finial repaired)