A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer with Wedgewood style reliefs
A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer with Wedgewood style reliefs
Cup and saucer richly decorated with scenes of a dionysian procession. Incised triangle mark with swords and a star above. The gilt rim slightly retouched. H of cup 7, D of saucer 13.9 cm.
Late 18th C.
Provenance
The Hiemisch collection, acquired in 1977.
Literature
"Cf. Rückert, Munich 1966, no. 779.
An identical example housed in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (inv. no. BK-1978-22), in den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 2000, no. 266."
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A Meissen porcelain cup and saucer with Wedgewood style reliefs
Cup and saucer richly decorated with scenes of a dionysian procession. Incised triangle mark with swords and a star above. The gilt rim slightly retouched. H of cup 7, D of saucer 13.9 cm.
Late 18th C.
Provenance
The Hiemisch collection, acquired in 1977.
Literature
"Cf. Rückert, Munich 1966, no. 779.
An identical example housed in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam (inv. no. BK-1978-22), in den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam 2000, no. 266."