A MEISSEN CIRCULAR SUGAR-BOWL AND COVER
CIRCA 1740-45, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, GILDER'S N. MARK TO BOTH PIECES, PRESSNUMMER 3 TO SUGAR-BOWL
The sugar-bowl painted on each side with a scene of elegant figures by a river in a wooded landscape within quatrefoil gilt ombrierte scroll-edged cartouches with flowerheads and panels of diaper ornament, flanked by scattered Holzschnitt Blumen and ombrierte insects, the domed cover applied with a branch handle with leaf and flower terminals and painted with a vignette of figures in a landscape within an iron-red double concentric circle border and a gilt scrollwork border and gilt rim (cover with small chip to tip of four petals of flowers on branch handle)
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) diam.
A MEISSEN CIRCULAR SUGAR-BOWL AND COVER
CIRCA 1740-45, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARK, GILDER'S N. MARK TO BOTH PIECES, PRESSNUMMER 3 TO SUGAR-BOWL
The sugar-bowl painted on each side with a scene of elegant figures by a river in a wooded landscape within quatrefoil gilt ombrierte scroll-edged cartouches with flowerheads and panels of diaper ornament, flanked by scattered Holzschnitt Blumen and ombrierte insects, the domed cover applied with a branch handle with leaf and flower terminals and painted with a vignette of figures in a landscape within an iron-red double concentric circle border and a gilt scrollwork border and gilt rim (cover with small chip to tip of four petals of flowers on branch handle)
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) diam.