A MEISSEN BEAKER AND SAUCER

the beaker circa 1730, saucer possibly circa 1770, painted in the Kakiemon style, with a pomegranate branch and a pawlonia branch with insects between, the cup with blue crossed swords mark, the saucer with blue crossed swords and star mark, 13.4cm diameter, the cup 6.5cm high

Provenance: The beaker: Bt. Hugh C. Mote, 14th June 1998.
The saucer: Lawrence’s, 12th March 1998, lot 559 from the Lord Digby Collection.