A large Meissen beaker and cover, circa 1726-30
Each side finely painted with a harbour scene, one with Chinoiserie figures by a quayside, the other with large ships in a harbour, within gilt scrollwork cartouches filled with Boettger lustre and edged with iron-red and purple scrolls, above a border of moulded acanthus heightened in gilding, gilt scrollwork border to the rim, the cover similarly decorated and applied with a gilt knop finial, 14.8cm high, 9.8cm diam. at widest, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gilt B. (2)
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The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen Porcelain
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Each side finely painted with a harbour scene, one with Chinoiserie figures by a quayside, the other with large ships in a harbour, within gilt scrollwork cartouches filled with Boettger lustre and edged with iron-red and purple scrolls, above a border of moulded acanthus heightened in gilding, gilt scrollwork border to the rim, the cover similarly decorated and applied with a gilt knop finial, 14.8cm high, 9.8cm diam. at widest, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gilt B. (2)
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The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen Porcelain
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