Unusual 19th century Meissen porcelain cup and saucer, the body decorated with a continuous frieze of classical figures, urns, trees, baskets of flowers and storks, crossed sword marks to base (2)
- Frieze - An architectural term denoting the flat, shaped or convex horizontal surface of furniture, between the architrave and the cornice, usually found on a cabinet or bookcase, or on desks and tables where it may include drawers, the area between the top and the legs. In ceramics, the term refers to the banding, of usually a repeating pattern, on the rims of plates and vases.
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