THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A GILT-METAL-MOUNTED MEISSEN RECTANGULAR BOX AND HINGED COVER with shaped corners, painted outside the factory with Watteauesque scenes of figures in idyllic pastoral landscapes within gilt borders, the mounts cast with flowers and foliate-scrolls and with a metal liner (restoration to cover), cancelled blue crossed swords mark, incised No 11. X., circa 1880

细节
A GILT-METAL-MOUNTED MEISSEN RECTANGULAR BOX AND HINGED COVER with shaped corners, painted outside the factory with Watteauesque scenes of figures in idyllic pastoral landscapes within gilt borders, the mounts cast with flowers and foliate-scrolls and with a metal liner (restoration to cover), cancelled blue crossed swords mark, incised No 11. X., circa 1880
6in. x 7¾in. (15.5cm. x 19.8cm.)