Etui

Royal Porcelain Manufactory Meissen

About 1755-1760

See More of the Collection

Rectangular tea caddy of heavily carved ivory with silver mounts, the caddy decorated in relief on all sides with images of Chinese figures, exotic scenes, and animals with delicate floral sprays and leaves within a Greek key pattern border, with engraved silver escutcheon and hinges, four silver claw feet, and silver pineapple finial, the interior lined with wood covered with red velvet; the pair of tea canisters of heavily and elaborately chased silver in the Chinoiserie style, rectangular with slightly contoured sides and decorated with scrolls, shell, and leafy motifs, on the sides within a reserve 1) the figure of a seated Chinese figure in robe and hat, sitting on a cushion with palm trees and a second seated figure on the left; and 2) a standing Chinese figure in robe and hat with an architectural structure in the background and exotic trees, with a second standing figure on the right holding a flag or pennant; at both ends an engraved coat-of-arms, the covers with truncated edges and an elaborate finial comprised of flowers, ribbons, and leaves.
Very delicate, thin medallion of white jasper with dark blue jasper dip, on the front the relief scene of the Bourbonnais Shepherd.
Cup and saucer of white jasper with lilac jasper dip and applied white jasper relief decoration, the cup with a series of cupids at play with dogs and birds and insects, one of the cupids plays a clarinet, the handle with molded acanthus leaf motifs and shell terminal, the lower part of the cup and the saucer engine turned with lilac and white stripes, the saucer with applied overlapping acanthus and stiff leaf motifs around the edge, the interior of the cup is lapidary polished.
Three pointed oval or eye-shaped dark blue jasper buttons with white relief petals radiating from hole