A Meissen Hausmalerei cup and saucer painted with drum majors in the manner of Mayer von Pressnitz
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A Meissen Hausmaler teacup and saucer, circa 1740-60
Moulded with sprigs of prunus branches, painted in the workshop of F.F. Meyer of Pressnitz with a drum major on horseback on the saucer and a bust portrait of a hussar officer inside the cup, the rim with a gilt border of scale-ground panels and scrolling foliage, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed 2 (2)
Estimate:
£600 - 800
€710 - 950
US$ 910 - 1,200

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  • Provenance:
    The Kahlenberg Collection

Category: Decorative Arts / European Ceramics

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