A Meissen silver-gilt mounted slender Chinoiserie beaker and saucer Circa 1722, Dreher's ,, to footrim of saucer Painted by J.G. Höroldt , one side with an Oriental standing holding an exotic bird in his left hand, a birdcage containing a bird in the other, flanked by flowering shrubs, an insect and birds in the sky above, the other side with an Oriental standing with his eyes shut, his shoulders arched and his hands held together under his sleeves, both scenes within shaped quatrefoil gilt line cartouches with panels of Böttger -lustre flanked by iron-red and gilt scrolling foliage, the saucer with an Oriental standing to the left holding a cane over his left shoulder on which perch two exotic birds, his companion beside him holding a bird in one hand and a birdcage in the other, within a similar quatrefoil cartouche, the underside with three concentric iron-red circles, gilt line rims (beaker with minute chip to rim and some rubbing to gilding, minor small scratch to enamel adjacent to mount, saucer with some rubbing to gilding), the footrims with moulded gilt-metal mounts
A Meissen silver-gilt mounted slender Chinoiserie beaker and saucer Circa 1722, Dreher's ,, to footrim of saucer Painted by J.G. Höroldt , one side with an Oriental standing holding an exotic bird in his left hand, a birdcage containing a bird in the other, flanked by flowering shrubs, an insect and birds in the sky above, the other side with an Oriental standing with his eyes shut, his shoulders arched and his hands held together under his sleeves, both scenes within shaped quatrefoil gilt line cartouches with panels of Böttger -lustre flanked by iron-red and gilt scrolling foliage, the saucer with an Oriental standing to the left holding a cane over his left shoulder on which perch two exotic birds, his companion beside him holding a bird in one hand and a birdcage in the other, within a similar quatrefoil cartouche, the underside with three concentric iron-red circles, gilt line rims (beaker with minute chip to rim and some rubbing to gilding, minor small scratch to enamel adjacent to mount, saucer with some rubbing to gilding), the footrims with moulded gilt-metal mounts
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