Meissen porcelain tankard with silver gilt mount
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 7.48 in. 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.
- Circa - A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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