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CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, GILDER'S 71. TO BOTH, PRESSNUMMER 2 TO SAUCER
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A Meissen chinoiserie coffee-cup and saucer
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords marks, gilder's 71. to both, Pressnummer 2 to saucer
The cup with a double-scroll handle and gilt foliage thumbpiece, painted by C.F. Herold with a continuous terrace with Orientals at various pursuits among flowering shrubs, a table and a fence, insects in flight above, above a double iron-red line border, the interior with a gilt Laub-und-Bandelwerk border, the saucer with two Orientals flanked by flowering shrubs within an iron-red double concentric circle cartouche and similar gilt border, gilt line rims and gilt band footrims (saucer with area of slight wear)
Circa 1740, blue crossed swords marks, gilder's 71. to both, Pressnummer 2 to saucer
The cup with a double-scroll handle and gilt foliage thumbpiece, painted by C.F. Herold with a continuous terrace with Orientals at various pursuits among flowering shrubs, a table and a fence, insects in flight above, above a double iron-red line border, the interior with a gilt Laub-und-Bandelwerk border, the saucer with two Orientals flanked by flowering shrubs within an iron-red double concentric circle cartouche and similar gilt border, gilt line rims and gilt band footrims (saucer with area of slight wear)
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