A MEISSEN PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR GAMING-SET
MID-18TH CENTURY
The cover painted with five gaming cards, one with the king of hearts, one with three hearts and one with two coats-of-arms for Saxony, with further scattered flower-sprays and a strawberry finial, the interior decorated with an elaborate flower-filled basket upon a long table, the lower-half of the box painted en suite with flower-sprays, its interior with recesses to hold four rectangular boxes and covers; the four interior boxes painted with flower-sprays, applied with forget-me-not finials and each painted with two playing card suit symbols, the interior of each cover with a still-life of a basket of flowers; with four heart chips, six spade chips, two club chips and three diamond chips
6 5⁄8 in. (16.8 cm.) wide
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR GAMING-SET
MID-18TH CENTURY
The cover painted with five gaming cards, one with the king of hearts, one with three hearts and one with two coats-of-arms for Saxony, with further scattered flower-sprays and a strawberry finial, the interior decorated with an elaborate flower-filled basket upon a long table, the lower-half of the box painted en suite with flower-sprays, its interior with recesses to hold four rectangular boxes and covers; the four interior boxes painted with flower-sprays, applied with forget-me-not finials and each painted with two playing card suit symbols, the interior of each cover with a still-life of a basket of flowers; with four heart chips, six spade chips, two club chips and three diamond chips
6 5⁄8 in. (16.8 cm.) wide
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