A pair of gilt-metal mounted Meissen porcelain bottle coolers, the porcelain circa 1750, the mounts and elements of decoration 19th century

moulded with shell handles above reeds issuing from further shells, the bulbous body with a central gadrooned band, the circular waisted foot with a ribbon-entwined reeded border, painted with scattered deutsche Blumen, gilt-edged rims, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, the bronze mounts formed of foliate scrolls,

Minor chipping to one shell handle and minor scattered glaze flakes to handles in general. Slight rubbing to gilt-rims. The puce highlights to handles and lower parts and the sprigs on the midsections are probably 19th century.
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