Meissen Cache Pots with Military and Hunting Scenes
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A pair of Meissen cache pots, 19th century, each finely painted, one with a continuous scene of a military camp, the other with a hunting scene, in the manner of Heroldt, divided by gilt panels, and flanked by bearded and horned masks, the moulded rim and interior with gilt lambrequins, blue crossed swords mark, press number 8 and incised E174, height 10.5 cm. Provenance: Sotheby's, London, 'Fine Early and Later European ceramics ', 24 November 1998, lot 123
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- Manner of .... / Style of ..... - A cataloguing term where the item, in the opinion of the cataloguer is a work in the style of the artist, craftsman or designer, possibly of a later period.
- Incised - A record of a name, date or inscription, or a decoration scratched into a surface, usually of a glass or ceramic item with a blunt instrument to make a coarse indentation. Compare with engraving where the surface is cut with a sharp instrument such as a metal needle or rotating tool to achieve a fine indentation.
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