A MEISSEN GOLD-GROUND ÉCUELLE AND COVER CIRCA 1735-40

painted with vignettes of Chinoiserie figures and scattered insects and birds, reserved against a burnished gilt-ground, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue.  Very minor shallow chip to tip of one handle, some very minor wear to gilding. 

Sold, Sotheby's, London, March 14, 1967, lot 120;
Sold, Christie's, London, February 21, 2005, lot 43

Cover: good condition, one or two very minor flakes to gilding on rim edge and slight wear to gilding on knop. Ecuelle: very shallow less then 1/8 in. chip/flake to edge of one handle. Slight wear to gilding on edge of handles.
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A similarly decorated, slightly larger écuelle, cover and stand was in the Collections of Hanns and Elisabeth Weinberg and the Antique Company of New York, sold in these rooms, November 11, 2006, lot 511.