A NYMPHENBURG GOLD-GROUND CABINET-CUP of campana form with gilt scroll handle with trefoil terminals, painted by Christian Adler with a portrait medallion of Ludwig I of Bavaria as Crown Prince half turned to the left reserved on a richly gilt striped and berried myrtle panelled ground, on a stepped circular foot (restored area to rim above portrait and small restored rim chip), impressed shield and various incised marks, circa 1815

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A NYMPHENBURG GOLD-GROUND CABINET-CUP of campana form with gilt scroll handle with trefoil terminals, painted by Christian Adler with a portrait medallion of Ludwig I of Bavaria as Crown Prince half turned to the left reserved on a richly gilt striped and berried myrtle panelled ground, on a stepped circular foot (restored area to rim above portrait and small restored rim chip), impressed shield and various incised marks, circa 1815
about 10cm. high

Lot Essay

See Friedrich H. Hofmann, op. cit., vol. III, p. 583, no. 433 for a portrait of King Ludwig I of Bavaria

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