A MEISSEN PORCELAIN INKWELL AND COVER AND A MATCHING SANDER

CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS

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A MEISSEN PORCELAIN INKWELL AND COVER AND A MATCHING SANDER
CIRCA 1740, BLUE CROSSED SWORDS MARKS
Likely two elements for a desk-set, each of quatrefoil form, the inkwell with flat cover, finely painted with vignettes of figures in landscapes
2 ¼ in. (5.6 cm.) high

Provenance

Bequest of Frances Oliver, Birmingham, 1972.

Literature

G. Andrews & L. Cole, Porcelain from the Frances Oliver Collection, Alabama, 1980, p. 28.

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