A MEISSEN GOLD-MOUNTED SCISSOR-CASE of tapering inverted flattened pear-shape with reeded edges, painted in puce camaieu with gallants and companions, Pierrot and a child with her dog in wooded landscape vignettes surrounded by scattered flower-sprays, reeded gold mounts with French dechargé mark, circa 1750, the ormolu mounted scissors with faceted steel blades, the scroll handles cast with foliage and pateræ

MEISSEN SNUFF-BOXES AND GALANTERIE THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A MEISSEN GOLD-MOUNTED SCISSOR-CASE of tapering inverted flattened pear-shape with reeded edges, painted in puce camaieu with gallants and companions, Pierrot and a child with her dog in wooded landscape vignettes surrounded by scattered flower-sprays, reeded gold mounts with French dechargé mark, circa 1750, the ormolu mounted scissors with faceted steel blades, the scroll handles cast with foliage and pateræ
11.5cm. long

Literature

Hugo Morley-Fletcher, Meissen Porcelain, p. 98

Lot Essay

Cf. Margrit Bauer, Deutsche Porzellan des 18 Jahrhunderts, Museum für Kunst-handwerk Frankfurt am Main, no. 141, p. 114

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