A MEISSEN POWDERED-PUCE-GROUND HOT-MILK JUG AND COVER with moulded gilt mask spout and shell and scroll handle, painted in the manner of B.G. Häuer with figures at discussion in wooded river landscapes within gilt quatrefoil cartouches (the finial a gilt-metal replacement (chips to underside of footrim), blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 24 and gilder's 49., circa 1740
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A MEISSEN POWDERED-PUCE-GROUND HOT-MILK JUG AND COVER with moulded gilt mask spout and shell and scroll handle, painted in the manner of B.G. Häuer with figures at discussion in wooded river landscapes within gilt quatrefoil cartouches (the finial a gilt-metal replacement (chips to underside of footrim), blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 24 and gilder's 49., circa 1740
17.5cm. high overall
Lot Essay
Cf. Rainer Rückert, op. cit., no. 440 for a similar shaped milk-jug with a tomato ground