A MEISSEN HAUSMALEREI PRUNUS-MOULDED TEABOWL AND SAUCER

CIRCA 1745, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS, PRESSNUMMERN 36 AND 8, PAINTED BY J.F. FERNER

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A MEISSEN HAUSMALEREI PRUNUS-MOULDED TEABOWL AND SAUCER
Circa 1745, blue crossed swords marks, Pressnummern 36 and 8, painted by J.F. Ferner
The exterior moulded with flowering prunus branches, the saucer painted with a Saxon hussar sword drawn, on a dapple grey mount, the cup with a poppy to the interior, below gilt rims (2)

Lot Essay

See Sammlung Hermann Emben, Rudolph Lepke, Berlin, 3-7 November 1908, lot 411, Tafel 49 for a Meissen beaker and saucer painted with the same hussar as on the present saucer, described as after engravings by Rugendas and painted in the manner of the Bottengruber workshop.