A MEISSEN TWO-HANDLED CRAYFISH-PATTERN TUREEN AND COVER
CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, FOOTRIM WITH BLUE K MARK
The double-scroll Frauenkopf handles enriched with gilt foliage, the body of the tureen painted with a broad turquoise-ground band with foliage and divided by four panels with black crayfish alternating with red crayfish, below four sprays of indianische Blumen and an underglaze blue diaper border, the lower part with a band of underglaze blue flowering branches, the domed cover similarly decorated below a pinecone finial, brown line rim (minute areas of very minor wear)
11 13/16 in. (30 cm.) high
A MEISSEN TWO-HANDLED CRAYFISH-PATTERN TUREEN AND COVER
CIRCA 1735, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, FOOTRIM WITH BLUE K MARK
The double-scroll Frauenkopf handles enriched with gilt foliage, the body of the tureen painted with a broad turquoise-ground band with foliage and divided by four panels with black crayfish alternating with red crayfish, below four sprays of indianische Blumen and an underglaze blue diaper border, the lower part with a band of underglaze blue flowering branches, the domed cover similarly decorated below a pinecone finial, brown line rim (minute areas of very minor wear)
11 13/16 in. (30 cm.) high