Pair Antique German Meissen Porcelain Openwork Compotes Footed Gilt Floral Bowls Mid-Century Modern also with the artist stamp

also with the artist stamp and the Parisian artist's supply company stamp

they move freely and the capstan turns with ease

and a bracket clock located in the Virginia Museum

The underside of the base is gilded & decorated with polychrome lappets

Pair Antique German Meissen Porcelain Openwork Compotes Footed Gilt Floral Bowls Mid-Century Modern also with the artist stampA 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