A MEISSEN THIMBLE
PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
The upper part with indentations, the top gilt with a flower-spray, the side with a continuous band of iron-red and black diaper-pattern framing three gilt quatrefoil cartouches painted in Schwarzlot with merchants in harbour scenes, the footrim gilt with a band of ovolos, and the interior richly-gilt (slight wear to the gilding)
3/4 in. (2 cm.) high
A MEISSEN THIMBLE
PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
The upper part with indentations, the top gilt with a flower-spray, the side with a continuous band of iron-red and black diaper-pattern framing three gilt quatrefoil cartouches painted in Schwarzlot with merchants in harbour scenes, the footrim gilt with a band of ovolos, and the interior richly-gilt (slight wear to the gilding)
3/4 in. (2 cm.) high
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