Meissen porcelain tankard with silver gilt mount
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A silver gilt mounted Meissen porcelain tankard, circa 1720, cylindrical painted in colours with three Chinese figures, a beast and sprays of flowers and foliage including peonies and chrysanthemums, red enamel crossed swords mark, the richly gadrooned cover centred with an Augustus King of Saxony florin. Height 19 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney
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- Gadrooning - A series of lobes usually as a border. In furniture gadrooning is found as carved decoration around the edges of table tops in the Chippendale and Jacobean style furniture. Gadrooning is also found as decoration on the rims of silver and ceramics.
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