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I have ordered some ‘design your own’ face masks including these two which are based on two of my #Meissen saucers!

inlays, plates in a shape of rectangular, heart, triangles, rosettes and dots, engraved with a Christ on the cross, some characters, swans and flowers. Bone grip, engraved with a king on horseback, Meissen coat-of-arms and with crossed hammers.

A MEISSEN HAUSMALER BEAKER AND SAUCER, MID 18TH CENTURY
Painted in the workshop of F.F. Meyer of Pressnitz, the beaker with 2 pairs of elegant figures in a continuous landscape, the saucer with a similar scene, elaborate gilt foliate scrollwork borders to the rims, crossed swords

A magnificent PAIR OF SILVER-MOUNTED #MEISSEN OIL AND VINEGAR EWERS AND COVERS, CIRCA 1735-40
Each painted with a continuous landscape scene depicting figures and buildings by a river, the rims with borders of gilt trellis panels filled with Böttger lustre. Ex Bonhams.

#SandycombeLodge is symptomatic of architectural discourse of its day- an interest in @primitivism & the @PrimitiveHut As a #retreat with #rustic appearance & isolated location it can be interpreted as a type of #hermitage, away from public eyes- a retreat for Turner & his dad.

Blast from the past: ‘A Shrine to the Stuart Dynasty; Lord Burlington and Jacobite Symbolism at Chiswick House’. This lecture was given to a packed audience to mark my retirement from Chiswick House 6 years ago after 18 years managing the house and conducting extensive research.

Guess the artist? I particularly like the man in oriental dress carrying an oversize set-square over his left shoulder. Want a clue?- it was given as a present to the eminent physician, Dr Richard Mead.....

A RARE MEISSEN EWER AND OCTAGONAL BASIN, CIRCA 1745
Each finely painted with a landscape scene of polychrome Watteauesque figures against a grey monochrome park setting, depicting on the basin Harlequin behind a monument, a seated lady and child, a gentleman and two ladies.

At Chiswick House the Summer Solstice is represented in the Red Room ceiling by an 8 pointer Garter/ Blazing Star positioned at the centre of the arch. Above is a zodiacal wheel containing the sign of Gemini ruled by Mercury. On the 20th June the sun moves out of Gemini into

#Meissen saucer (12.5cm), hand painted with #Watteauesque scenes with an #obelisk or steep #pyramid in the background. Sprays of flowers on the back with #crossedswords and gilders number.