A MEISSEN THIMBLE
PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
The upper and lower parts with indentations, the top painted with an insect and a sprig, the mid-section with a continuous band of indianische Blumen on a seeded blue ground within iron-red lines, the footrim decorated with a continuous band of purple scrolls and triangle ornament, the interior richly-gilt (some rubbing to purple decoration at footrim, slight wear to gilt interior)
3/4 in. (2 cm.) high
A MEISSEN THIMBLE
PROBABLY 19TH CENTURY
The upper and lower parts with indentations, the top painted with an insect and a sprig, the mid-section with a continuous band of indianische Blumen on a seeded blue ground within iron-red lines, the footrim decorated with a continuous band of purple scrolls and triangle ornament, the interior richly-gilt (some rubbing to purple decoration at footrim, slight wear to gilt interior)
3/4 in. (2 cm.) high
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