Live Auction 3786The Collection of Carroll Petrie & European Decorative Arts from the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, including the Eugenia Woodward Hitt Collection
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN INKWELL AND COVER AND A MATCHING SANDER
Lot 1237

A MEISSEN PORCELAIN INKWELL AND COVER AND A MATCHING SANDER

CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS

Closed31 March 2016

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN INKWELL AND COVER AND A MATCHING SANDER
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS
Likely two elements for a desk-set, each of quatrefoil form, the inkwell with flat cover, finely painted with vignettes of figures in landscapes
2 ¼ in. (5.6 cm.) high

Bequest of Frances Oliver, Birmingham, 1972.