A PAIR OF MEISSEN GOLD-GROUND CUPS AND SAUCERS, CIRCA 1747.

of lobed quatrefoil form, each reserved with two panels painted in shades of green and black with Watteauesque scenes depicting elegant figures in landscape settings, the burnished gold ground with shell and scroll rims above green floral sprigs, crossed swords marks in underglaze blue to the base of each piece, the saucers 138mm wide, 120mm deep, 35mm high, the cups 105mm wide, 75mm deep, 55mm high, AF Footnote- This style of decoration was reserved for porcelain made for members of the Saxon royal family and for royal gifts. For a comparable coffee pot see Bonhams: 500 years of ceramics auction 9th December 2021, lot 179 & for a comparable sugar bowl and cover see Bonhams: Important Meissen Porcelain from a Private Collection, Part III, lot 83.