A PAIR OF MEISSEN BLUE AND WHITE LEAF-SHAPED PICKLE-DISHES with branch handles and the undersides moulded with leaves and flowers, the interiors with a bird hovering above trailing flowers and rocks, the exteriors with Oriental flowering branches (minute chip to one handle and one foot), blue crossed swords marks one with a dot between the blades and an H below, circa 1735
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A PAIR OF MEISSEN BLUE AND WHITE LEAF-SHAPED PICKLE-DISHES with branch handles and the undersides moulded with leaves and flowers, the interiors with a bird hovering above trailing flowers and rocks, the exteriors with Oriental flowering branches (minute chip to one handle and one foot), blue crossed swords marks one with a dot between the blades and an H below, circa 1735
10cm. wide (2)
Lot Essay
Cf. a pair sold Christie's Geneva, 8 May 1989, lot 43