A Meissen silver-gilt-mounted chinoiserie hot-water jug and cover, Circa 1740

A Meissen silver-gilt-mounted chinoiserie hot-water jug and cover

Circa 1740

of baluster form with bearded mask spout and wishbone handle, painted in the manner of C.F. Herold with figures seated and standing around low tables, within quatrefoil cartouches of shaded gilt scrolls, the plain ground with stylised flowers, with a hinged silver-gilt mount with scroll thumbpiece

16.5cm., 6½in. high