A MEISSEN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED FIGURAL CLOCK AND STAND
A MEISSEN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED FIGURAL CLOCK AND STAND

BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED 1047 TO BOTH, W.H 8 TO THE STAND, IMPRESSED 147 AND 138, AND PAINTED 25 AND 2.4., RESPECTIVELY, CIRCA 1880

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A MEISSEN FLOWER-ENCRUSTED FIGURAL CLOCK AND STAND
BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, INCISED 1047 TO BOTH, W.H 8 TO THE STAND, IMPRESSED 147 AND 138, AND PAINTED 25 AND 2.4., RESPECTIVELY, CIRCA 1880
In the neo-Rococo taste, the circular drum set in a cartouche-shaped surround applied with large flowerheads and foliage, surmounted by a shepherdess holding a lamb, an ewe and a dog at her feet, the waisted lower section applied with a dancing eighteenth century couple flanked by musicians, the rocaille scroll feet encrusted with flowers, raised on a conforming rocaille-moulded stand painted with amorous wheat harvestors
28½ in. (72.4 cm.) high, overall (2)

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