A Meissen milk jug and cover, circa 1740 of pear form with scroll handle, painted on one side with a Kauffahrtei scene depicting merchants in discussion at the quayside, figures around a boat behind, the reverse painted with figures and a horse in a landscape, inside a gilt cartouche embellished with purple scrolls, the domed cover painted with two Kauffahrtei vignettes inside a gilt border, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gilder's numeral 56, impressed numeral 24., Quantity: 2 16cm., 6 1/4 in. high.
A Meissen milk jug and cover, circa 1740 of pear form with scroll handle, painted on one side with a Kauffahrtei scene depicting merchants in discussion at the quayside, figures around a boat behind, the reverse painted with figures and a horse in a landscape, inside a gilt cartouche embellished with purple scrolls, the domed cover painted with two Kauffahrtei vignettes inside a gilt border, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, gilder's numeral 56, impressed numeral 24., Quantity: 2 16cm., 6 1/4 in. high.
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