A Meissen Marcolini period teacup and saucer
circa 1774-1814
the cup and saucer are individually painted with black monochrome panels, the cup featuring two putti with a nude female beside a goat, the saucer with a woman reaching for a bird in flight, the panels within an interlinked oval gilt border further surrounded with ribbons, pink roses and green foliage and a similar border to the exterior rims, underglaze blue factory marks, saucer 13.4cm diameter and teacup 4.5cm high
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Condition Report
No damages or restoration. There is some slight rubbing in small patches to the gilded rim of the teacup and a further area of rubbing to one patch of the saucers gilding around the rim, together with loss of gilding to the handle.

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