Picture plate "The pleasure of wine". Meissen. 1850/60- beginning of the 19th century. Porcelain, glazed, and painted in polychrome onglaze colours. Verso the sword mark in underglaze blue. Set in a wide, mass-decorated and gold-coloured wooden frame. Frame with an eyelet for hanging on verso and old inscription in ballpoint pen 1730-1763. Verso a chip on the left edge and a small, brown dotted inclusion. Frame with small missing part at lower right as well as small traces of scratching, rubbing and tiny bumps. Measures: 11 x 8.4 cm, frame 14.5 x 12 cm.

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