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A MEISSEN TURQUOISE-GROUND BALUSTER COFFEE-POT AND COVER
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, PRESSNUMMER 26 AND GILT 50.
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A MEISSEN TURQUOISE-GROUND BALUSTER COFFEE-POT AND COVER
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 26 and gilt 50.
Of octagonal section with richly gilt spout, the wishbone handle with gilt shell thumbpiece and scroll terminals, each side painted with figures at various pursuits by cylindrical towers in river-landscapes within quatrefoil ogival gilt band cartouches, the similarly decorated domed octagonal cover with a gilt octagonal knop finial, gilt band borders
9 1/8in. (23.2cm.) high
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords mark, Pressnummer 26 and gilt 50.
Of octagonal section with richly gilt spout, the wishbone handle with gilt shell thumbpiece and scroll terminals, each side painted with figures at various pursuits by cylindrical towers in river-landscapes within quatrefoil ogival gilt band cartouches, the similarly decorated domed octagonal cover with a gilt octagonal knop finial, gilt band borders
9 1/8in. (23.2cm.) high