Pair Antique German Meissen Porcelain Openwork Compotes Footed Gilt Floral Bowls Redo the other male and enclosed

the other male and enclosed in a carved laurel wreath cartouche & carved garlands & rosettes

Île-de-France

A fine and rare 17th century Greek Orthodox Icon

Below each portrait is a complex ormolu 'ribbon' surmounting a large porcelain plaque

with sheep grazing on the banks of a lake with a figure on horseback

Pair Antique German Meissen Porcelain Openwork Compotes Footed Gilt Floral Bowls Redo the other male and enclosedA very good pair of antique mid 19th century Meissen porcelain compotes or footed bowls, circa 1850. The bowls are very finely made of open pierced work, with a band of diamond shaped cut out reticulations, these are punctuated with five ornate Rococo cartouches containing brightly colored hand painted flower sprays surrounded by Rococo gilding, there are a number of corresponding floral sprays to the center of the bowl too. The exterior of the bowl