Pair Antique German Meissen Porcelain Openwork Compotes Footed Gilt Floral Bowls Mid-Century Modern To the left: 48

To the left: 48

The rail having a baluster shaped newel post with an acorn finial to the top

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

they move freely and the capstan turns with ease

and a bracket clock located in the Virginia Museum

Pair Antique German Meissen Porcelain Openwork Compotes Footed Gilt Floral Bowls Mid-Century Modern To the left: 48A 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