A MEISSEN TURQUOISE-GROUND THIMBLE
CIRCA 1740
With an angular shoulder, the upper part with indentations and a central gilt flower, the turquoise-ground lower part reserved with two panels painted in puce, one with figures in a landscape, the other with merchants on a quayside, within shaped gilt-edged quatrefoil cartouches, the interior richly gilt
11/16 in. (1.7 cm.) high
A MEISSEN TURQUOISE-GROUND THIMBLE
CIRCA 1740
With an angular shoulder, the upper part with indentations and a central gilt flower, the turquoise-ground lower part reserved with two panels painted in puce, one with figures in a landscape, the other with merchants on a quayside, within shaped gilt-edged quatrefoil cartouches, the interior richly gilt
11/16 in. (1.7 cm.) high
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