A rare Meissen oval butter dish and cover, circa 1740
With pierced lug handles and moulded gilt bindings, painted in Kakiemon style with scattered indianische Blumen, the cover with a phoenix in flight and another perched on banded hedges issuing flowers, applied with a gilt-edged elongated scrolling handle, 13.5cm across, traces of crossed swords mark in blue, impressed 46 (small rim section of cover restuck, one lug restored) (2)
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