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CIRCA 1725, THE AUGSBURG DECORATION VERY SLIGHTLY LATER
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A Meissen Hausmalerei silver-gilt mounted two-handled small tureen and cover
Circa 1725, the Augsburg decoration very slightly later
Of shallow form, with gilt double-scroll handles and three scroll feet, painted in the Auffenwerth workshop with chinoiserie figures at various pursuits among flowering shrubs and furniture, with kettles, braziers and vases, with insects in flight above, divided by moulded gilt strapwork centred with shells, fleur de lys and tassels on a gold ground, the lower part with radiating gilt and white lappets beneath a silver-gilt mounted rim, the interior with a border of interlocking gilt scrolls, the similarly moulded and decorated shallow-domed cover surmounted by a central knop finial flanked by gilt foliage and pendant tassels, the rim with moulded gilt foliage and crowned heads (some minor chipping to foliage of finial, restoration to tip of finial, some wear to raised gilt strapwork, foliage and crowned heads, minor wear to gilding of handles and feet)
6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide
Circa 1725, the Augsburg decoration very slightly later
Of shallow form, with gilt double-scroll handles and three scroll feet, painted in the Auffenwerth workshop with chinoiserie figures at various pursuits among flowering shrubs and furniture, with kettles, braziers and vases, with insects in flight above, divided by moulded gilt strapwork centred with shells, fleur de lys and tassels on a gold ground, the lower part with radiating gilt and white lappets beneath a silver-gilt mounted rim, the interior with a border of interlocking gilt scrolls, the similarly moulded and decorated shallow-domed cover surmounted by a central knop finial flanked by gilt foliage and pendant tassels, the rim with moulded gilt foliage and crowned heads (some minor chipping to foliage of finial, restoration to tip of finial, some wear to raised gilt strapwork, foliage and crowned heads, minor wear to gilding of handles and feet)
6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide
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