Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Shell-Shaped
Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Shell-Shaped Dishes. Of shell-moulded, scallop-form, finely painted with Deutsche Blumen in polychrome enamels, with vining floral bouquets and sprigs under brown lines. Both with crossed swords marks in underglaze blue, one with a puce triangle. Both impressed 26. Dresden, Germany. Mid-18th Century. 2 1/2" H. x 9 7/8" W. x 9 1/4" D. By descent from the Kaumheimer family, Stuttgart, Germany. Both with several short firing cracks, obscured, on one, with scattered sprigs to the exterior wall. Some flaking to brown line rims.
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Pair of 18th Century Meissen Porcelain Shell-Shaped Dishes. Of shell-moulded, scallop-form, finely painted with Deutsche Blumen in polychrome enamels, with vining floral bouquets and sprigs under brown lines. Both with crossed swords marks in underglaze blue, one with a puce triangle. Both impressed 26. Dresden, Germany. Mid-18th Century. 2 1/2" H. x 9 7/8" W. x 9 1/4" D. By descent from the Kaumheimer family, Stuttgart, Germany. Both with several short firing cracks, obscured, on one, with scattered sprigs to the exterior wall. Some flaking to brown line rims.