Meissen monkey playing the bassoon. #bassoon #Meissen #GardinerMuseum #Toronto

Four beautiful #Meissen beakers, circa 1730, each decorated with landscape and harbour scenes composed within gilded laub und Bandelwerk frames in #Böttger lustre quatrefoil cartouches. #Kakiemon type flowers added to the sides. Gilder’s letter T or J added to the bases, together with the famous ⚔️

An diesem Wochenende bin ich hier zu treffen. #Meissen

Early Meissen combined technical experimentation with elaborate hand decoration. Because the crossed swords were widely copied, the mark alone never settles authenticity.

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