MEISSEN Lidded cup with saucer - MEISSEN Lidded cup with saucer 1850-1924, bulbous form with twisted branch handle, heightened lid with plastically shaped floral finial, the wall, lid and mirror with purple ground with oval reserve decorated with loops and a scenic depiction of horsemen at rest in polychrome painting, gold staffage, sword mark, h 10cm, 2 grind marks (2nd choice), gilding rubbed, knob minimally bumped, saucer chipped. Choice), gilding rubbed, knob minimally chipped, saucer chipped

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