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Lot 58

A pair of Meissen figural sweetmeat boxes and covers, circa 1755

6 December 2018, 13:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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A pair of Meissen figural sweetmeat boxes and covers, circa 1755

Both seated with over-sized lemons on their laps, the shepherdess wearing a puce bodice and a skirt decorated with indianische Blumen, a sheep at her feet, the shepherd wearing a floral coat, a hound and two sheep beside him, the bases moulded with gilt-edged scrollwork and applied with leaves and flowers, 28.3cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue to the rear of the bases (one cover restored with minor losses, some restoration) (4)

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