A GILT BERLIN PORCELAIN CUP AND SAUCER, painted with blue marbled cartouches painted with ovals containing allegorical scenes, one inscribed Avec le tems l'amour s'en va, the other l'amour vient avec le tems, with a frontal cartouche depicting a pair of scales, one containing a cherub holding a torch the other with a mitre, a cross and a crown, inscribed le plus léger l'emporte, with loop handle, the saucer en suite, marked with an underglaze blue sceptre, early 19th Century

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A GILT BERLIN PORCELAIN CUP AND SAUCER, painted with blue marbled cartouches painted with ovals containing allegorical scenes, one inscribed Avec le tems l'amour s'en va, the other l'amour vient avec le tems, with a frontal cartouche depicting a pair of scales, one containing a cherub holding a torch the other with a mitre, a cross and a crown, inscribed le plus léger l'emporte, with loop handle, the saucer en suite, marked with an underglaze blue sceptre, early 19th Century
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Collection Sachsen-Meiningen

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