A MEISSEN HAUSMALEREI HEXAGONAL BALUSTER TEACADDY AND COVER
CIRCA 1725, THE AUGSBURG DECORATION ALMOST CONTEMPORARY, RED ENAMEL COLLECTION NO. 214
Decorated in silver and gilt with two chinoiserie figures, flowering shrubs, pagodas, pierced rockwork and birds, the raised ribs enriched in gilding, the circular cover with a silvered flower, the side with a gilt pendant flowerhead border (slight wear to gilding, oxidisation to silvering, caddy with diagonal crack to two facets with very small associated loss, minute chipping to upper rim, minute chip to one rib, small chips to rim of cover)
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high
A MEISSEN HAUSMALEREI HEXAGONAL BALUSTER TEACADDY AND COVER
CIRCA 1725, THE AUGSBURG DECORATION ALMOST CONTEMPORARY, RED ENAMEL COLLECTION NO. 214
Decorated in silver and gilt with two chinoiserie figures, flowering shrubs, pagodas, pierced rockwork and birds, the raised ribs enriched in gilding, the circular cover with a silvered flower, the side with a gilt pendant flowerhead border (slight wear to gilding, oxidisation to silvering, caddy with diagonal crack to two facets with very small associated loss, minute chipping to upper rim, minute chip to one rib, small chips to rim of cover)
4 in. (10.2 cm.) high
