A VIENNA-STYLE DARK-BLUE-GROUND CABARET, each piece painted with named scenes of mythological figures in landscapes within seeded or ciselé gilt outlines, the grounds richly gilt with cartouches, bands of undulating foliage and flowers, acanthus leaves, formal foliage and scrolls suspending husks divided by bands, comprising: a footed cylindrical coffee-pot and cover with a gilt angular handle, painted with Aurora und Cephalus, a similar milk-jug and cover painted with Glaucus entführt Scÿlla, a footed shallow circular sugar-bowl and cover painted with Cupids fesselt Aglaia, a coffee-can and saucer painted with Venus und Amor, and a shaped-rectangular tray painted with a scene of river-gods and maidens and with a tiger, a crocodile and putti entitled Diavier?? Welther???, within a pierced gallery (slight wear to gilding), blue beehive marks and black script, circa 1880