A pair of silver-mounted Meissen oil and vinegar ewers and covers, circa 1740,

of baluster form with eleborate scroll handles and serpent spouts, one with continuous scene of figures on horseback crossing a river in an extensive mountainous landscape, the other with a continuous Kauffahrtei scene below black lined gilt trellis borders, the spout, handle and foot picked out in burnished gilding, each high domed cover with a further riverside scene and with silver mounts

Christie's Geneva, 28 April 1978, lot 118

both covers chipped, one ewer with one handle and foot restored and a rim chip
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