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Circular with bombé sides chased with basket weave pattern within foliate border, the underside panel centred by a vacant ribbon, the hinged cover set in centre with an enamel miniature figuring a bouquet of flowers in a vase on a marble table, within a foliate frame against a basket weave pattern bordered by a band of polished gold framed by palmetto and vine tendrils, marked inside with standard, town and maker and on flange with later Austrian control mark
3 in. (7,6 cm.) diameter
Gross weight: 3 oz. 10 dwt. (110 gr.)
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Flowers were a favourite theme with patrons as well as enamellers unsurprisingly often used on porcelain. Indeed the art of enamelling was created by artists who had trained as porcelain painters, as the two techniques are closely related. One of the most respected is Philipp Ernst Schindler II (1723-1793), who trained in Meissen before moving to Vienna in 1750 to become Director of Paintings at the Imperial Manufactory.

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