https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/1162/fullPair of finger bowls and saucersca.1740Meissen Porcelain ManufactoryOverall (G93.1.630.1 & G93.1.630.3): 7.3 x 9.7 cm (2 7/8 x 3 13/16 in.)
Overall (G83.1.630.2 & G83.1.630.4): 1 5/8 x 5 7/8 in. (4.2 x 14.9 cm)hard-paste porcelain, enamel, press moulded, and thrown.Gift of George and Helen GardinerOrigin: Meissen, Dresden, GermanyG83.1.630.1-40A pair of Meissen yellow-ground shaped circular finger bowls with waved ogee rims. The exteriors reserved with butterflies and flowering botanical specimens on pale-yellow grounds. The interiors of the bowl have strawberries, a cherry, with a tit eating an insect on a branch. There is also dog roses, a lady-bird and other insects, and they have chocolate rims.18th Century European PorcelainGerman PorcelainMeissen[]European CeramicsGerman Porcelain1848691162GermanAugustus III (1733-1763)Crossed swords in underglaze blue, one saucer impressed former's number "6"