A MEISSEN THIMBLE
CIRCA 1735
The upper part with indentations and a central gilt rosette, the lower part possibly painted by B.G. Häuer, with a continuous scene of merchants on the banks of an estuary below a gilt band, with a lobed gilt-edged footrim, the interior richly gilt (minute wear to gilding)
5/8 in. (1.8 cm.) high
A MEISSEN THIMBLE
CIRCA 1735
The upper part with indentations and a central gilt rosette, the lower part possibly painted by B.G. Häuer, with a continuous scene of merchants on the banks of an estuary below a gilt band, with a lobed gilt-edged footrim, the interior richly gilt (minute wear to gilding)
5/8 in. (1.8 cm.) high