A Meissen porcelain sugar box with Comedia dell'arte scenes

A Meissen porcelain sugar box with Comedia dell'arte scenes Of octagonal section, with a corresponding tiered cover surmounted by an angular baluster finial. Within four angular silver reserves, scenes of one or two figures in interiors, probably Pantalone and Colombine, Harlequin and Pierrette, a lady with a fan, and a lady playing the piano. The cover with three female busts and one male. Unmarked. Partial wear to the silver painting, two firing cracks to the cover and rim of the dish. With cover: Height 8.5 cm, width 11 cm, depth 8.5 cm. The porcelain pre-1723, decor attributed to the Seuter workshop, around 1730/35.

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