CIRCA 1745

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A GRISAILLE AND GILT EUROPEAN SUBJECT MUG
CIRCA 1745
The front enameled with a man gazing upon a sleeping woman, aided by candlelight, the sides with iron-red and pink peony sprigs, Meissen style laub-und-bandelwerk gilding at the rim
6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Hervouët and Bruneau note that this was a popular subject on Staffordshire and Meissen wares decorated at Augsburg at the time. For a vase with the same scene, see La Porcelaine des Compagnies des Indes a Décor Occidental, p. 356.

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